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[DeepL Translation - needs review] After he left, a huge universe began to move! Short novels for teens to read, cry, and laugh at on their own [Read Alone]
Jihoon is an "ordinary Korean teenager" who suffers from the stress of studying day and night according to his parents' schedule. Ji-hoon becomes close to Ram, a self-proclaimed time traveler, who is in his class. He doesn't believe the crazy things he says, like that he's from the future or that a major disaster will happen at the new ...
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(3.50/5)Jihoon is a typical stressed out teenager who is struggling under the pressure of academic expectations. He befriends his weird classmate Ram who tells everyone he's a time traveller from the future.
This is a really short little novel at 83 pages about both the frustrating experience of being a teenager and having to live the life your parents dictate, but also about the experience of looking back on the past even (maybe especially) the mundane bits, as something precious
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While I wasn't particularly impressed with this story, I did enjoy the reading experience: the language is simple and straightforward, which makes it a relatively quick and easy read, but it's also a book book (as opposed to a picture book or graded reader) which makes the ease of reading rather satisfying. If you can overlook the issues with the plot, I'd definitely recommend it as a nice stepping stone between easier content aimed at children or language learners and full-fledged novels.
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