Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

89 reviews

soowtie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

i read this in about 3 hours and I just know that'll be thinking about it for years. yeah, it's that type of book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

ali_ace2407's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Bullying and Violence

sashasgarden's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Almond is a beautiful tale with a variety of characters, as well as two opposing mains — one presented as the one who cares too little, while the other one cares too much. 

They learn from each other to see the world with different eyes, and as the story progresses it is easy for the reader to get invested in their peculiar relationship. 

One thing I didn't like much is the one detail I would criticize in the general use of characters and their development:

the love interest, Dora, is merely there to create some drama, and doesn't seem to have lots of personality traits other than 'being nice'.

While I understand her relevance to the story, and her use in helping the main character develop just a bit, I simply don't like characters being used as a tool to progress the plot without them being given any qualities or other aspects to their personality.

Other than that, the characterization of every other person in the story feels realistic and believable, and makes for a truly pleasant read. 

The family members play an important role in the characters' lives, and although they don't always directly appear in the plot, their presence is very much felt in the most emotional parts of the book, through the main characters. 

Wonderfully written, and will definitely read again soon, once I emotionally recover from this experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

shybookstagramer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was hesitant to read this because it's literary fiction, which I usually have a hard time reading, but I wanted to give it a try because it was recommended to me. I'm glad I did! I surprisingly loved the characters and their character development was great. I didn't fully understand all the things that were going on with Yunjae and his brain, but that didn't stop the impact of the story. The book is fast-paced and obviously very character-oriented, which I think worked well for this book. I do recommend checking this one out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Ableism

Minor: Kidnapping

animal cruelty/death is about a butterfly

patslibrary's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

alice000's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Domestic abuse

mapscitiesandsongs's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Car accident

interludedream's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Animal death

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really enjoyed the premise of the book (focusing on the life of someone with alexithymia) and I thought the writing was quite good. 

my biggest issue was the plot, it seems to end really out of character and random - I do wonder if that's because oh who is narrating, it made it come off odd. 

there was also a lot of violence that I did not expect...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

afnaan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Bullying