My dear haters
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Book Introduction
Choi Yu-an, an influencer with 400,000 followers, and Kim Ju-eon, the owner of four secret accounts.
Can we still be on the same side?
Volume 36 of the Tam Youth Literature Series.
This is a coming-of-age novel that unfolds from the perspectives of a boy who is a malicious commenter and a girl who is an influencer.
The author, who has lived alongside teenagers as a current counselor, delicately portrays the youth of our time, captivated by the world of influencers, while also focusing on the light and shadow of the language world of adolescence, reminding us of the weight, responsibility, and influence of a single word.
During his elementary school days, the boy (Kim Joo-eon) was the ace of the soccer team, loved by everyone.
The girl (Choi Yu-an) was an outcast who was bullied because of her dark skin color.
“I will definitely take your side.” Those warm words from the boy changed the girl’s life.
Two people who met five years later in completely different situations.
Can we still be on the same side?
Can we still be on the same side?
Volume 36 of the Tam Youth Literature Series.
This is a coming-of-age novel that unfolds from the perspectives of a boy who is a malicious commenter and a girl who is an influencer.
The author, who has lived alongside teenagers as a current counselor, delicately portrays the youth of our time, captivated by the world of influencers, while also focusing on the light and shadow of the language world of adolescence, reminding us of the weight, responsibility, and influence of a single word.
During his elementary school days, the boy (Kim Joo-eon) was the ace of the soccer team, loved by everyone.
The girl (Choi Yu-an) was an outcast who was bullied because of her dark skin color.
“I will definitely take your side.” Those warm words from the boy changed the girl’s life.
Two people who met five years later in completely different situations.
Can we still be on the same side?
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index
prolog
Kim Joo-eon 7
Choi Yu-an 10
A certain sense of alienation_Note 14
That kind of disconnect_Yuan 21
The Weight of Nightmare_Verse 28
The Weight of the Crown_Yuan 41
Memory, Baby Goblin_Ju-eon 51
Memory, Turning Point_Yuan 85
Swamp_Joo-eon 120
Shadow_Yuan 142
Ticklish Words_Admonition 147
Returned Words_Yuan 170
Their Private Life_Joo-eon 179
That Child's Private Life_Yuan 196
Impatience Advice_203
Anxiety Yuan_212
What I Lost Without Realizing It_Joo-eon 236
It Started Without Me Knowing_Yuan 278
Light_Joo-eon 286
What I Know_Yuan 293
What I Want to Be_Jueon 299
Author's Note 303
Kim Joo-eon 7
Choi Yu-an 10
A certain sense of alienation_Note 14
That kind of disconnect_Yuan 21
The Weight of Nightmare_Verse 28
The Weight of the Crown_Yuan 41
Memory, Baby Goblin_Ju-eon 51
Memory, Turning Point_Yuan 85
Swamp_Joo-eon 120
Shadow_Yuan 142
Ticklish Words_Admonition 147
Returned Words_Yuan 170
Their Private Life_Joo-eon 179
That Child's Private Life_Yuan 196
Impatience Advice_203
Anxiety Yuan_212
What I Lost Without Realizing It_Joo-eon 236
It Started Without Me Knowing_Yuan 278
Light_Joo-eon 286
What I Know_Yuan 293
What I Want to Be_Jueon 299
Author's Note 303
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Into the book
Couldn't I infiltrate his life just like Kim Joo-eon infiltrated mine when I was young?
Can't we ever get back that warm and confident boy we used to be?
If you can't immediately empower someone special, the name influencer might be a shameful thing.
--- pp.145-146
“You said you were on my side.
“I really liked what you said.”
At that moment, the memory became even clearer.
I felt strange that day.
For the first time, I felt a different feeling from the one I had before, when I used a goblin to impress the girl I had a crush on, and it felt strange and unfamiliar to me, so I thought it was strange for quite a while.
At that time, I truly wanted to help the goblin.
That strange goodness that God has bestowed upon the human soul.
That was the moment when that worked.
Now Ian was telling me that he felt that way.
It seemed like he wanted to express his good intentions in some way.
The moment I realized that, the scar on my face felt like it was tingling and hurting.
No, maybe it was a scar on his leg.
It was a strange pain, as strange as the goodwill.
sick
It's cool to say that, but it's also a bit strange to just say that it's cool...
--- p.152
“What annoys me the most are the malicious comments.”
The words that followed immediately made my heart sink.
“How frustrating that makes people feel.”
“Don’t worry too much.
“They must be social misfits who are obsessed with self-esteem.”
A sharp pain spread through my chest, as if I was being hit by the stone I had thrown.
--- pp.157-158
What would happen if they found out I was leaving malicious comments here and there?
If you found out that your good friend, your grateful friend, the kind boy who helped you, had become a malicious commenter, what kind of face and eyes would you have when you looked at me?
--- p.158
Where does Kim Joo-eon stand today in the spectrum of light and darkness?
If Kim Joo-eon in elementary school was in complete light, and Kim Joo-eon after the accident was in the middle of darkness, then what about now?
What will Kim Joo-eon be like after meeting me again?
As I was thinking about it over and over again, a smile suddenly appeared on my face.
What is this?
Ha Min-young is right.
I want to be a magpie that repays Kim Joo-eon's kindness, or maybe I'm just feeling a kind of maternal love, even if it's a bit creepy.
--- p.173
It's not hard to love something lovely.
But why do we fall in love with things that are not worth seeing?
--- p.284
I realized what I should say to Choi Yu-an.
I had to tell you about you, who came to me as light without me knowing and tried to pull me into the light.
Choi Yu-an said he wanted to be like me, but maybe I want to be like Choi Yu-an.
The moment I realized it, I was able to laugh a little.
When I laughed, Choi Yu-an laughed back.
It was a smile that brightened everything.
Can't we ever get back that warm and confident boy we used to be?
If you can't immediately empower someone special, the name influencer might be a shameful thing.
--- pp.145-146
“You said you were on my side.
“I really liked what you said.”
At that moment, the memory became even clearer.
I felt strange that day.
For the first time, I felt a different feeling from the one I had before, when I used a goblin to impress the girl I had a crush on, and it felt strange and unfamiliar to me, so I thought it was strange for quite a while.
At that time, I truly wanted to help the goblin.
That strange goodness that God has bestowed upon the human soul.
That was the moment when that worked.
Now Ian was telling me that he felt that way.
It seemed like he wanted to express his good intentions in some way.
The moment I realized that, the scar on my face felt like it was tingling and hurting.
No, maybe it was a scar on his leg.
It was a strange pain, as strange as the goodwill.
sick
It's cool to say that, but it's also a bit strange to just say that it's cool...
--- p.152
“What annoys me the most are the malicious comments.”
The words that followed immediately made my heart sink.
“How frustrating that makes people feel.”
“Don’t worry too much.
“They must be social misfits who are obsessed with self-esteem.”
A sharp pain spread through my chest, as if I was being hit by the stone I had thrown.
--- pp.157-158
What would happen if they found out I was leaving malicious comments here and there?
If you found out that your good friend, your grateful friend, the kind boy who helped you, had become a malicious commenter, what kind of face and eyes would you have when you looked at me?
--- p.158
Where does Kim Joo-eon stand today in the spectrum of light and darkness?
If Kim Joo-eon in elementary school was in complete light, and Kim Joo-eon after the accident was in the middle of darkness, then what about now?
What will Kim Joo-eon be like after meeting me again?
As I was thinking about it over and over again, a smile suddenly appeared on my face.
What is this?
Ha Min-young is right.
I want to be a magpie that repays Kim Joo-eon's kindness, or maybe I'm just feeling a kind of maternal love, even if it's a bit creepy.
--- p.173
It's not hard to love something lovely.
But why do we fall in love with things that are not worth seeing?
--- p.284
I realized what I should say to Choi Yu-an.
I had to tell you about you, who came to me as light without me knowing and tried to pull me into the light.
Choi Yu-an said he wanted to be like me, but maybe I want to be like Choi Yu-an.
The moment I realized it, I was able to laugh a little.
When I laughed, Choi Yu-an laughed back.
It was a smile that brightened everything.
--- p.302
Publisher's Review
The power of a single word that permeates your life and mine
Our generation of young people, who use social media to communicate, interact, and express themselves, are spewing out more words and texts than any other generation in human history.
The author, a practicing counseling teacher, focused on the light and shadow of the language world during the growing years.
Sometimes a single word can be powerful enough to lift someone's entire life up, and sometimes it can become a weapon and a stigma.
This book reminds us of the weight, responsibility, and influence of a single word.
The novel's narrators are two boys and a girl.
The boy is Kim Joo-eon, a malicious commenter who suffered an unfortunate accident and was caught in the trap of being a 'loser', and the girl is Choi Yu-an, an influencer who has become a walking 'human billboard' and is constantly evaluated for her usability.
The two stories, seemingly polar opposites, intertwine like clockwork, maintaining tension and progressing in an intersecting manner.
Choi Yu-an_ “My hero, who was my only ally during my lonely days, appeared distorted!”
Ian, whose real name is Choi Yu-an, has become a representative beauty creator among teenagers with his exotic Southeast Asian mixed-race appearance, touching story of overcoming bullying, and above all, his outstanding makeup skills.
There are always people around Yu-an, but there is one person he really wants to meet.
It's 'Kim Joo-eon'.
During his days as a bully, he was teased as a "baby goblin" because he applied sunscreen thickly to hide his skin tone, which was as dark as a red hazelnut. He said this.
“If anyone ever teases you about your skin or appearance, I will definitely take your side.”
It was advice to be proud of your skin color.
At the time, Joo-eon was a youth soccer star who was admired by the entire school, and just by treating him with humanity, the bullying from the other children stopped and Yu-an's life became more livable.
Five years later, Yu-an challenges herself on an audition broadcast program and quickly rises to stardom as a solo broadcaster.
However, after five years, he miraculously reunites with Kim Joo-eon, and feels the shadow of a loser in his appearance… … .
Kim Joo-eon_ “The child I used to impress my first love has turned into a goddess!”
Kim Joo-eon, a mysterious outcast with a limp, a scar running down the middle of his face, and a story about his transfer to another school filled with gossip and rumors.
For such a person, meeting Yu-an was quite shocking.
He transferred to a distant school in Chuncheon because he desperately wanted to live a life completely separated from his past, pessimistic about his situation of falling from heaven to hell. But at that school, he happened to meet a classmate who remembered his past.
And where did the timid look on "Choi Yu-an, the little goblin" disappear to? Yu-an immediately sees Joo-an, hugs her, asks for her number, and contacts her first, introducing her to his friends one by one.
When he was young, he often reminisced about the kindness Ju-eon showed him, but from Ju-eon's perspective, he was actually just using Yu-an to impress the girl he was first in love with.
As Yu-an approaches, the classmates who previously treated Ju-eon as a 'problem child or outcast' begin to look at him differently.
The boys are openly jealous, and the pretty girl in the class shows interest.
Joo-eon wants to recover a little bit of the feeling of 'Kim Joo-eon when he was doing well as a child'...
Illuminating the complex and fascinating world of influencers.
As the pages turn, the two people's emotions take on increasingly mysterious colors, moving between pity and suspicion, trust and caution, longing and yearning.
The author examines the complexly intertwined psychology of two people bearing different burdens of today, one by one, and occasionally poses various issues to the reader.
The most notable of these is undoubtedly the cross-generational interest of 'influencers'.
We cheer suddenly, turn away easily, and always chase 'influencers' as new stimuli, dreaming of becoming one.
The diverse human characters in the novel vividly reflect our own appearance.
School friends who encourage Joo-eon to “get on the Ian Coin” where popularity means money, and internet stars who get angry and say, “Do I have to check the Food and Drug Administration’s certification standards before I get an advertisement?”
Why? Sometimes, the "influencer" label they cling to and wave around seems like nothing more than a nice, spurious sham.
Meanwhile, in the author's note, the author talks about the small "influencers" he encountered while working as a school counselor.
When I see how a single kind word or a gesture of concern to someone close to me can bring light to a depressed heart, I often discover the meaning of 'true influence'...
Na Yoon-ah, a writer exploring new, surprising, and fascinating influences
So far, author Na Yoon-ah has dealt with the hottest topics that teenagers have faced and must face in her works.
It was a world of work that vividly looked back on and reconstructed current social issues surrounding teenagers, such as bullying, the body cam scandal, various addiction issues, and lookism.
Yet, the message that permeates that world is the 'strength to live and the power to love', overcoming wounds and deficiencies.
Joo-eon and Yu-an, two children who “lead someone next to them to the light with their clumsy appearance,” ask us, who are faced with the existential question of “how should we live in the future?” “how should we love?”
At the end of the 'Author's Note', the author also left a comment about Simone Weil that I pondered for a long time.
“Imagined evil is romantic and diverse, but real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, and boring.
“Imaginary lines are boring, but real lines are always new, surprising, and fascinating.”
By the time we close the book, we will be humming.
A word of advice, maybe that's all I need in life?
Our generation of young people, who use social media to communicate, interact, and express themselves, are spewing out more words and texts than any other generation in human history.
The author, a practicing counseling teacher, focused on the light and shadow of the language world during the growing years.
Sometimes a single word can be powerful enough to lift someone's entire life up, and sometimes it can become a weapon and a stigma.
This book reminds us of the weight, responsibility, and influence of a single word.
The novel's narrators are two boys and a girl.
The boy is Kim Joo-eon, a malicious commenter who suffered an unfortunate accident and was caught in the trap of being a 'loser', and the girl is Choi Yu-an, an influencer who has become a walking 'human billboard' and is constantly evaluated for her usability.
The two stories, seemingly polar opposites, intertwine like clockwork, maintaining tension and progressing in an intersecting manner.
Choi Yu-an_ “My hero, who was my only ally during my lonely days, appeared distorted!”
Ian, whose real name is Choi Yu-an, has become a representative beauty creator among teenagers with his exotic Southeast Asian mixed-race appearance, touching story of overcoming bullying, and above all, his outstanding makeup skills.
There are always people around Yu-an, but there is one person he really wants to meet.
It's 'Kim Joo-eon'.
During his days as a bully, he was teased as a "baby goblin" because he applied sunscreen thickly to hide his skin tone, which was as dark as a red hazelnut. He said this.
“If anyone ever teases you about your skin or appearance, I will definitely take your side.”
It was advice to be proud of your skin color.
At the time, Joo-eon was a youth soccer star who was admired by the entire school, and just by treating him with humanity, the bullying from the other children stopped and Yu-an's life became more livable.
Five years later, Yu-an challenges herself on an audition broadcast program and quickly rises to stardom as a solo broadcaster.
However, after five years, he miraculously reunites with Kim Joo-eon, and feels the shadow of a loser in his appearance… … .
Kim Joo-eon_ “The child I used to impress my first love has turned into a goddess!”
Kim Joo-eon, a mysterious outcast with a limp, a scar running down the middle of his face, and a story about his transfer to another school filled with gossip and rumors.
For such a person, meeting Yu-an was quite shocking.
He transferred to a distant school in Chuncheon because he desperately wanted to live a life completely separated from his past, pessimistic about his situation of falling from heaven to hell. But at that school, he happened to meet a classmate who remembered his past.
And where did the timid look on "Choi Yu-an, the little goblin" disappear to? Yu-an immediately sees Joo-an, hugs her, asks for her number, and contacts her first, introducing her to his friends one by one.
When he was young, he often reminisced about the kindness Ju-eon showed him, but from Ju-eon's perspective, he was actually just using Yu-an to impress the girl he was first in love with.
As Yu-an approaches, the classmates who previously treated Ju-eon as a 'problem child or outcast' begin to look at him differently.
The boys are openly jealous, and the pretty girl in the class shows interest.
Joo-eon wants to recover a little bit of the feeling of 'Kim Joo-eon when he was doing well as a child'...
Illuminating the complex and fascinating world of influencers.
As the pages turn, the two people's emotions take on increasingly mysterious colors, moving between pity and suspicion, trust and caution, longing and yearning.
The author examines the complexly intertwined psychology of two people bearing different burdens of today, one by one, and occasionally poses various issues to the reader.
The most notable of these is undoubtedly the cross-generational interest of 'influencers'.
We cheer suddenly, turn away easily, and always chase 'influencers' as new stimuli, dreaming of becoming one.
The diverse human characters in the novel vividly reflect our own appearance.
School friends who encourage Joo-eon to “get on the Ian Coin” where popularity means money, and internet stars who get angry and say, “Do I have to check the Food and Drug Administration’s certification standards before I get an advertisement?”
Why? Sometimes, the "influencer" label they cling to and wave around seems like nothing more than a nice, spurious sham.
Meanwhile, in the author's note, the author talks about the small "influencers" he encountered while working as a school counselor.
When I see how a single kind word or a gesture of concern to someone close to me can bring light to a depressed heart, I often discover the meaning of 'true influence'...
Na Yoon-ah, a writer exploring new, surprising, and fascinating influences
So far, author Na Yoon-ah has dealt with the hottest topics that teenagers have faced and must face in her works.
It was a world of work that vividly looked back on and reconstructed current social issues surrounding teenagers, such as bullying, the body cam scandal, various addiction issues, and lookism.
Yet, the message that permeates that world is the 'strength to live and the power to love', overcoming wounds and deficiencies.
Joo-eon and Yu-an, two children who “lead someone next to them to the light with their clumsy appearance,” ask us, who are faced with the existential question of “how should we live in the future?” “how should we love?”
At the end of the 'Author's Note', the author also left a comment about Simone Weil that I pondered for a long time.
“Imagined evil is romantic and diverse, but real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, and boring.
“Imaginary lines are boring, but real lines are always new, surprising, and fascinating.”
By the time we close the book, we will be humming.
A word of advice, maybe that's all I need in life?
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 5, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 304 pages | 302g | 128*198*16mm
- ISBN13: 9788964965238
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