This was challenging for me to understand. On top of being a sci-fi that's heavy on the fiction side, the plot is almost labyrinthian, in how many characters there are (considering this is only 160 pgs.), how they are connected, and how they each have their own motivations surrounding the center of the plot. Each character's introduction is brief, the writing style doesn't have many visual descriptions overall, and it's mostly made up of character dialogue, but without the cues that most writers use to make it easy to follow who said what. The book is very short and fast paced, but without those cues, it's all on the reader to track what's happening and why. I'll note that I read the English translation (the original language is Korean), but I don't think it was poorly translated, it's likely just the writing style that didn't click with me. (Anton Hur is an award winning translator, he notably translated Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung and Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park).

All that being said, despite having difficulty following the plot, I didn't think this was boring. I typically like dystopian sci-fi, so there definitely were some interesting elements that got my attention, otherwise I wouldn't have finished the book. Maybe the pieces will finish coming together over time as I reflect on what I remember. sometimes books grow on me long after I read them.

Whether I would recommend this or not, depends on the reader. If you're well versed in sci-fi concepts and terminology, and are into plot driven stories, then yes. Otherwise, this probably isn't for you.

In all honesty, the main reason why I picked this up was because I was curious about the author, who is anonymous and goes by a one-word pseudonym, which happens to be the same as my name, Djuna. I don't know if they pronounce it the same way but for me, the D is silent, so it rhymes exactly with Luna. Just replace the L sound with a hard J sound : )