구멍놀이 친구

This is a story about a girl 세아 who visited her great grandmother in Jeju island with her family. During the visit, her mom banned her from using her phone at her great grandmother's house. In order to entertain herself and her great grandmother, she peeked through the hole in the stone wall that surrounded the house and described the fantastical scene that she saw/ likely imagined.

To be honest, when I first started reading the book, it was surprisingly easy. Most of the vocabulary in the first chapters are very basic and suitable for beginners. For context, this is the first book I read and I was around A2 lvl (studying Sogang 2B). One thing to note is that while the vocabulary is not that bad for beginners. The grammar is much more at intermediate level and unlike other books, it’s narrated by a child so all the sentences are mostly in 반말 and not in dictionary form.

Small list of grammar I saw: ㄹ/을 때, 수럭, 다면, 던, 는데, 아/어도 되다,

In terms of the story and plot, it's cute, but boring. Most of the chapters were filled with descriptions of what she saw and there’s not much action going on. It's nice to read about her interaction with her great grandmother. It’s very heartwarming, but it wasn’t very developed since most of the book was focused on what she saw. I would’ve liked it better if they focused on the mc and her relationship with her great grandmother. The grandmother didn’t join in on the fun and peek through the hole with her. If she did, I felt like it might’ve been more interesting since we could see more development of their bond.