If I Had Your Face

If I Had Your Face is told from the point of view of four different women. Why do you believe the author decided to use the first-person point of view for each of them, rather than a third person point of view? What does the choice of first-person point of view offer the reader that the third person point of view doesn’t? How would the story have changed? Would it have been as impactful? Why or why not?

Sujin is a very important character in each of the four main protagonist’s lives. Why do you believe the author chose to not dedicate chapters of the novel to Sujin’s point of view? Do you believe Sujin’s perspective should have been included? What kinds of special insights might she have been able to offer that the other characters couldn’t?

In the novel, Seoul is depicted as a city of polarized views and extreme standards. Did this depiction surprise you in any way? How does the culture depicted in the novel relate to or differ from your own?