The Island of Sea Women
Book • 2019
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The autocratic government gaslights the people of Jeju, particularly lying about the nature of police violence
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Police surveillance
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A girl is intentionally starved. In a later scene, soldiers beat that girl
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Mi-ja’s husband is abusive
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Several characters are addicted to alcohol, particularly after the 4/3 incident. Mi-ja’s husband becomes more abusive when he drinks
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Several characters are addicted to alcohol, particularly after the 4/3 incident. Mi-ja’s husband becomes more abusive when he drinks
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Many discussions of rapes committed by soldiers and police
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Police torture mentioned in the chapter “The Ring of Fire”
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The protagonist’s daughter breaks her arm after falling off a bike
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There are several news reports of torture, particularly throughout the "Ring of Fire" chapter. The end of the chapter features very graphic descriptions of torture that the protagonist witnesses
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The protagonist's son is murdered by a police officer towards the end of the "Ring of Fire" chapter. The officer throws the child against a wall repeatedly.
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Mi-ja’s parents died before the events of the book
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A shaman character communicates with the dead by allowing them to inhabit her body
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The haenyo believe in ghosts, specifically that people whose bodies haven’t been buried properly become “hungry ghosts.” A shaman character is able to speak with them
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Mi-ja mentions that her husband farts after eating certain foods
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Yuri does this daily after her accident
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Several mentions of morning sickness
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Passing mention of some side characters dying of cancer
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It is all but confirmed that a teenage girl allows herself to be carried away by currents because she doesn’t want to deal with the shame of being pregnant before marriage
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No, but there are several portions of the book where characters don’t have enough to eat due to war and dictatorship
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The protagonist and many other characters suffer from ptsd because of the horrors they’ve witnessed during war and political repression
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The protagonist’s internal monologue mentions her feeling claustrophobic in a crowd
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Mija’s mother died in childbirth before the events of the book. Mention of a pregnant woman dying in the Ring of Fire chapter. A haenyo character allows herself to be swept away by currents for fear of being pregnant while unmarried
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From the Koreans towards Japanese colonizers
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Yuri suffers an accident at sea that leaves her unconscious for weeks. Characters wonder if they should just dump her overboard on the assumption that, if she becomes disabled, she wouldn't have a good life, so they should put her out of her misery. They end up not doing this, but this discussion is a very ableist trope.
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Young-sook’s mother drowns in the chapter “Life Bubbles”
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Police fire into a crowd during a protest
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Some of this narrative takes place during World War II. The chapter “A Golden Rope” has the characters receiving news of the bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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