A Small Revolution
Written by Jimin Han
Narrated by Greta Jung
3/5
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About this audiobook
In this powerful, page-turning debut, Jimin Han deftly shows that revolutions—whether big or small, in the world or of the heart—can have an impact that lasts through time and spans the oceans.
On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee and three of her classmates hostage in the claustrophobic confines of their dorm room. The desperate man with his finger on the trigger—Yoona’s onetime friend, Lloyd Kang—is unraveling after a mysterious accident in Korea killed his closest friend, Jaesung, who was also the love of Yoona’s life.
As the tense standoff unfolds, Yoona is forced to revisit her past, from growing up in an abusive household to the upheaval in her ancestral homeland to unwittingly falling in love. She must also confront the truth about what happened to Jaesung on that tragic day, even as her own fate hangs in the balance.
Through scenes of political upheaval and protests in South Korea, spirited conversations in cramped dumpling houses, and the quiet moments that happen when two people fall in love, A Small Revolution is a moving narrative brimming with longing, love, fear, and—ultimately—hope.
Jimin Han
Jimin Han received her MFA at Sarah Lawrence College and her BA from Cornell University. Her work appears in NPR’s Weekend America, Entropy, the Rumpus, HTMLGiant, The Good Men Project, Kartika Review, The NuyorAsian Anthology, and KoreanAmericanStory.org, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute and lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
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Reviews for A Small Revolution
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Yoona and her friends are held at gunpoint in their college housing. Lloyd, the gunman, believes his best friend Jaesung, Yoona's boyfriend, is being held by the Korean government after they faked his death. The book alternates between a summer Yoona, Lloyd and Jaesung spent in Korea, and the present-day standoff.I'm not really sure how to rate this book. It was told from Yoona's point of view, as if she was speaking to Jaesung. This didn't really work for me. It came off a bit stilted, a bit slow. However, the story itself was interesting. Seeing Lloyd's deterioration, and Yoona's desperation was like watching a car wreck - I couldn't turn away. Although I wouldn't re-read this book, I would be interested in reading more from this author.