The Good Son (Jeong novel)

The Good Son (Korean: 종의 기원 Jong-ui Giwon 'The Origin of Species') is a novel by You-Jeong Jeong, first published in South Korea in 2016 by Eunhaengnamu (도서출판 은행나무) (ISBN 9788956609959).

Walter Sim of the Straits Times stated that since the book reveals the identity of the murderer relatively early, The Good Son "evolves into a chilling psychological look down the rabbit hole into a seriously unhinged mind.

[3] J. David Osborne of El Paso, Texas, in World Literature Today concluded that it "is a perfect read for an airplane ride: it sucks you in with precision and holds your attention".

[4] Osborne argued that the book "felt like reading a film" and that the self-dialogs "can at times become tedious, but it’s worth noting that the line between tedium and tension can be extremely thin.

[6] Publishers Weekly gave the book a star as a way of recommending it, and stated that "Readers who enjoy grappling with the issue of a narrator’s reliability will relish Yu-jin".