In today’s episode, we are joined by the lovely Lois to talk about our first book club pick: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun. This eco-thriller is translated from Korean and follows a woman who works at a company specialising in ‘disaster tourism packages’. 

Content warnings for discussions of sexual assault/harrasment in reference to the book.

Book club discussion starts at 23:31

Our overall thoughts and ratings

• Do we get frustrated with Yona’s apathetic tone?
• Discussion about sexual harassment working in an all-male office, and the ‘Angry Black Woman’ stereotype
• Do we think the tone of the book changed at all during translation?
• Was it weird to read about travel and tourism during Covid?
• What did we think of the ironic ending?

Find us:

• Our Instagram: @brewsandreviewspodcast
• Jaz: @travelsinfiction
• Sharn: @caffeineandcommas
• Lois’ Insta: @LochanReads

Mentioned:

• The Little Contemporary Corner
• Netflix show: Dark Tourist

Books mentioned: 

• The Disaster Tourist - Yun Ko-Eun
• Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
• Wilder Girls - Rory Powers
• The Billionaire Murders - Kevin Donovan
• The Shadows - Alex North
• Out of the Woods - Luke Turner
• Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
• The Stonewall Reader
• Pie in the Sky - Remy Lai
• An Ordinary Wonder - Buki Papillon
• Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
• The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
• Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi
• The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
• The Girls I’ve Been - Tess Sharpe
• How to Pronounce Knife - Souvankham Thammavongsa
• Adventures of a Young Naturalist - David Attenborough
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
• Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
• The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
• Happy - Fearne Cotton