With beautiful, powerful prose, Crystal Hana Kim’s The Stone Home is a haunting look at the dark side of South Korea’s past and a tribute to the power of the human spirit. Kim weaves her tale as she moves effortlessly between characters and time, slowly revealing the truth of the past with each chapter. The Stone Home is an engrossing read that fully immersed me in the often painful and brutal world of its characters but left me with a reminder of humanity’s ability for empathy, kindness, and strength even in the darkest of places.
The Stone Home by Crystal Hana Kim, (List Price: $18.99, William Morrow Paperbacks, 9780063310988, April 2025)
Reviewed by Caleb Masters, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina