Thought Train to Pusan

Apparently this book is a little divisive among my circle of friends: some loved it, some really didn’t. And unfortunately I am falling on the side of it not really being for me. Which is not to say I don’t love epic romances ( The Song of Achilles is one of my absolute favourite books, after all!), but the story here wasn’t selling me beyond the initial concept. It’s a shame really, I found the premise to be so intriguing, but the overall experience quite lackluster overall. The Gargoyle is told from the point of view of a nameless protagonist, who is involved in a car accident that leaves him severely burned on the majority of his body. This opening hook immediately drew me in and then left me cringing as the experience and recovery was written in intense detail. As our protagonist recovers, however, and in the midst of wanting to end his own life, he meets a woman from the psych ward of the hospital named Marianne, who tells him that they know each other an...