Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

307 reviews

nanana_naaa's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder

lumew2's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

noshinbean's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

veronica214's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The story follows a teenager who was born with almond-sized amygdala (the part of the brain that processes emotions.) He doesn't feel fear, anger, sadness,  or happiness. However, a series of life changing events may be changing that. 

I liked the story enough, but wasn't a huge fan of the ending. Almost everything magically worked out ok and resulted in a happy ending. That part just didn't feel super realistic. Also, the translation was a little off at times.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Mass/school shootings

perapera's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Strange.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence

heyitslizz's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The moment I opened this book I couldn't close it anymore. This is a fast-pased story with short chapters (max. 6-7p.). The ending made me cry. And just like the author wrote in the beginning and at the end of the book, I don't know if I was crying because this story was tragic or because it was happy. I don't even know if this story was happy or tragic at all. Maybe it was both of those and a lot more. This is a study about communication, growing up, emotions and the lack of them, and about relationships. relationships that are subtile, but very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Murder

magcrafter's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

aespaldon24's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

333amreen's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

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Such an easy read year covers such complex topics. Only goes on to show how great the writing is! So philosophical and psychological all at once. LOVED HIS CONNECTION WITH GON but the Dora part felt forced and incomplete & that's the ONLY reason I took off the .5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

mzynda's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail