Hyeon’s book is absolutely a work of literary art. By the time I was halfway through this book, I was riveted to it until it was done. Simply couldn’t put it down until we got to the end. I’m a pretty unemotional person, but almost felt like crying several times during the last half of the book.

If you live in the west, it’s hard to even imagine what her life has been. She’s clearly extremely smart and now that she’s free will probably have one heck of a career.

There are so many takeaways from the book, can’t post them all. But one key take away is how we are all so brainwashed and how hard it is to break free from whatever narrative you’ve been raised with.

The smartest among us understand this and use it to their advantage if they’re evil.

Hyeonseo Lee will help people understand this with her book, “The girl was seven names” - it’s highly recommended IMO!