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Len
4.0 out of 5 stars More novel than crime-thriller.
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 24, 2019
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Have you ever wondered about the people who hire assassins? That’s the focus of this novel, those the author considers the real villains of targeted killings and not the assassins who he considers only tools. Our hero, Reseng, was raised by a plotter who also works as a librarian. After a number of years working in the profession, Reseng’s usefulness as an assassin recedes and so, he searches an escape. Part of the novel is a flashback to his past and the latter half concentrates on his fears of the moment. Set in Korea, more novel than crime-thriller, “Plotters" describes Korean life and the life of its assassins and plotters.
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Mike C.
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining...I think
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 15, 2019
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I really ally enjoyed this book. Oddly, not much seemed to happen and I’m not sure the whole point of it. That sounds terrible but it was nonetheless enjoyable.
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anne
5.0 out of 5 stars well written in depht character
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 8, 2020
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such a well-written novel. so interesting to be inside the criminal but feeling their emotions...or lack of
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sb-lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Genre-bending; will go on my best of the year list.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 8, 2019
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Brief summary and review, no spoilers.

In briefest summary, the story setting is Korea and the book’s main protagonist is a young man named Reseng. Reseng’s past is vague and unknown because as was an orphan and doesn’t know his parentage. When he was very young he was taken in by a man known as The Old Raccoon. The Old Raccoon ostensibly runs an old library which is really the headquarters of a nepharious organization known as The Library.

Reseng is a plotter -they are trained and skilled killers that commit assassinations. It’s all quite mysterious; often the plotters themselves don’t know the reasons why they kill nor do they care. There’s an almost mystical feel to this part of the book; it’s all shrouded in such mystery.

The story is told from Reseng’s point of view as we follow him around, both in the present and then back in time to some of his memories of his limited life apart from The Library. And with that, I want to end the summary because you should read the plot points as the author intended because there are some wonderful twists and surprises along the way.

This book could’ve gone wrong for so many reasons. It’s quirky to say the least. It’s a thriller, a mystery, but so, so much more.

What makes this book sing is the writing - it’s just brilliant. This is an author who really has the writing chops and it shows on almost every page. Just an example, and first understand that part of our likeability of Reseng is his having taught himself to read as a young boy practically raising himself in The Library. An example of the writing that so entranced me (and a reference to Reseng’s favorite character, Achilles):

“Reseng wept in the dark. On every page of the sea of library books that he was either itching to read or would eventually get bored enough to read, heroes and beautiful, charming women, countless people struggling to overcome hardship and frustration and achieve their goals, all died at the arrows of idiots because they failed to protect their one tiny weakness. Reseng was shocked at how treacherous life was. it didn’t matter how high you rose, how invincible your body was, or how firmly you clung to greatness, because of it it would vanish with a tiny split-second mistake.”

I loved this book. What I didn’t mention is that it is also laugh-out-loud-funny in places. It’s just the complete deal and I am definitely looking forward to reading more books by this author.

Lastly, I never give away endings but want to say I give the ending to this a big thumb’s up. And that’s always the cherry on top for me.
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P. Winterfeldt
4.0 out of 5 stars Unique story line.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2022
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Excellent translation, unusual story. Liked it very much.
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August
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 15, 2020
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It's entertaining enough that I finished the book in a couple sittings, so I'd recommend it. The overall premise is interesting, but considering the plot is about a dark society and the shady characters that inhabit it (e.g., assassins), I expected more action. Like SO much more action. Even some of the "action sequences" felt slow-burning. I needed there to be more "oomph" (for a lack of a better word) at certain points. But maybe I'm just being simple-minded and missing the point. I will note that--to me at least--the majority of the characters seemed to be good/quirky people doing bad things, which was an aspect that I appreciated since it kept the plot from going down a generic route. I also found all of the comic relief to be well-placed and executed. At first, I wasn't stoked about the conclusion. However, after mulling it over, I get what the author was going for and think it was, ultimately, the right ending for this book. I gave it a slightly higher rating because Un-Su Kim is undoubtedly a fantastic writer, and he created an overall interesting story.
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Katie
4.0 out of 5 stars Well Written, Good Twist
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on April 14, 2022
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A great read. Well written and translated. An interesting twist and textual window into a life of chosen solitude.
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Katie
4.0 out of 5 stars Well Written, Good Twist
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on April 14, 2022
A great read. Well written and translated. An interesting twist and textual window into a life of chosen solitude.
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Drwo
5.0 out of 5 stars So Great!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 2, 2019
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This novel is stellar from plotting to prose. There are no heroes and very few innocents in this tale of assassinations and those who carry them out.

The book begins with a murder for money and follows the assassin, Reseng, as he lives a life balanced between the normal and abnormal with terror ever present. The author places the ultimate corruption on a plane far beyond the reach of those who order who lives and who dies.

An orphan, Reseng is raised by a strange character known as The Old Raccoon who runs a murder for hire business from his headquarters known as The Library which actually has thousands of books.

For the reader looking for a hero to root for without a lot of violence, this may not be the ticket. However, the writing is sooooo good, the characters are so intriguing and the premise so original that it's right up there with the best books of 2019.
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Joe Hickey
4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2020
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So, I fell onto this book by accident. I was googling some ideas for my next reads and this title popped up under authors similar to Gyllian Flynn. Which isnt correct in my eyes, but I was so enthralled with the synopsis I picked it up anyway. Its sorta a kill-bill meets departed novel, and without going into the story, let's just say it blew my mind. I loved it, seriously, it was action packed and filled with tension and a crazy cool world where assassins' struggle for dominance in a killing business that is cut throat in more than one way.

Amazing read! Please read it!
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broomways
4.0 out of 5 stars More Mick Herron than James Patterson
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 15, 2019
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The few reviews that mark this book down do so mainly because the readers found it a bit slow and perhaps too cerebral. It is both these things punctuated with some extreme violence. If you prefer to gallop through a book without too much to think about then perhaps this is not for you, but for those who like to savour and imagine the characters and scenes then get this book.
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