This short book by author Han Kang is a mix of poems, essays, reflections. garden observations and diaries of the author.
A large part of the book, more than half of it, is all about her observations of her garden. There are several mirrors she moves througout the day to cultivate her garden at full potential. She observes and writes about the plants and trees and the insects and other things she sees in her garden.
There are several other topics that she writes about in the short first half, but it is all so short and only pinpoints on everything so fragmentary that it all becomes somewhat of a mish mash of different topics that don't have a connection with each other, I personally could not find the connection between the first half and the other half that feels mostly like her own personal garden diary. The writing style of the author is nice and easy to follow, but if it had been a little longer, and less of a personal garden diary that is most of the book, this could have been a far more interesting read. This is probably a good read if you are a fan or at least more familiar with Han Kan's eclectic type of books, but it also might be not everyone's cup of tea. I personally expected more of it.
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