Books: My Thoughts on A Thousand Faces: Volume 1

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A Thousand Faces: Volume 1A Thousand Faces: Volume 1 by Sosan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The summary above doesn't really explain what this book is about. In this one we follow Junwoo who has been raised by a group of swindlers. He grows an interest in acting while he's growing up and hones his skills while working jobs with his family. Eventually his life of crime catches up with him and he is given a chance to relive part of his life and he uses the opportunity to take another road - one that leads him towards his passion of acting.

At first, I thought there might be a bit more fantasy woven into this story, but with this first volume, there really is only the time travel element. This a very slice of life story following a character enjoying something they weren't able to in their previous life. Eventually this opens up opportunities for him that he doesn't really go after, but they start to fall into his path.

When I read stories, I need for the main character to make me want to root for them and unfortunately, Junwoo is not that character for me. It was interesting to see what happened along his journey, but Junwoo himself was not a very likeable character. He is pretty full of himself and while that helps him in his interactions, it didn't help me to warm up to him.

I will say though that the events in the final section of this installment were very interesting and I feel like the pace of this story really picked up for me towards the end. I was very interested in what was happening and of course, it ends in a cliffhanger in the middle of a very interesting situation.

If you are a fan of Korean Dramas like me, I think you will find this very easy to get into. There are definitely elements of dramas I've seen before within this story. Because of where this one ends, I will be continuing to the next one as I am very interested to see what happens in the conclusion of that situation.

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This in no way has had any impact on my thoughts shared above.

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