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When You Trap a Tiger

Tae Keller

4.22 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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: No
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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emotional hopeful 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: N/A
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

CW: death of a parent, mention of death to car accident, death of a grandparent, dementia, medical content (scenes at a hospital), vomiting

Wow. This was phenomenal. I devoured this in less than 24 hours and it will hold a special place in my heart. It's emotional for sure, but a great read about grief and family. The way Tae Keller wove storytelling and Korean folklore into this story was beautiful. The imagery was excellent as well, it's rare I get a story where I can picture everything and When You Trap a Tiger did that for me. I loved it so much. 
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DID NOT FINISH: 1%

When a book begins with a sad child in the backseat of a car, I instantly get PTSD & have to stop reading.