[DeepL Translation - needs review] 'Tomato Literature Factory', which captures the charm of Korean genre literature, is publishing Choi Nan-young's first novel, Miserere: Pity Me. Choi Nan-young is a writer who has won various literary awards, including the '2022 Korea Content Award for Excellence in Story' and the 'Kim Seung-ok New Literature Award'. He has been writing witty works with a sharp eye for humanity, and this time he returns to mystery and horror literature.
"Miserere depicts a ...
영음 has a strange affliction that causes her to be unable to eat. She's tried everything, but despite feeling hunger she can't swallow anything down. She lives her life simply while enduring this affliction that's plagued her since highschool-- getting IV drips and chewing on bamboo toothpicks. Although she is a creepy presence lol, crunching on toothpicks and being all guant, she lives pretty normally until bad things start to happen to those around her...
I found this to be a pretty satisfying read! and nothing crazy difficulty wise except the shaman's exorcism (pretty much right from the opening scene/chapter). I pushed through that with lots of lookups lmao and was able to read the rest of the book with little look-ups, though I absolutely did need some throughout.
This is horror, although not as much as I thought it was going to be lol. More mystery with some horror elements more in the descriptions, but nothing crazy imo.
Definitely be aware of some content warnings!! These may be spoilers but if you are concerned: graphic-ish depictions of suicide, murder, sexual abuse from what I remember