Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

65 reviews

pvid's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny 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

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I was gripped from page one. The characters are complex, unique, and so lovable. Despite being voiced by a character who cannot identify and express his emotions, the book is absolutely full of them, in a tender and simple way that makes them even more powerful. Some popular Korean books, especially those about mental health, have fallen a bit flat for me - but not this one. I absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts

mahreen18's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence

harlowboo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

julianfromme's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective 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

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oh my god 🥹

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child abuse

tinipie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

taroroot's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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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i quite liked this. the first two-thirds or so took me much longer to read because it was difficult to be in yunjae'e head for too long but i binged the back half very quickly. i liked the exploration of alexithymia but his narration was too much at times.

while i'm happy with the way things ended, i thought it was a tad cheesy that his mom woke up. good for him though.

i found myself really feeling for gon.

i'm happy he has sensible adults around him now at least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Medical content

mynumber3voice's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-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: Ableism, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death

miyothecat's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse

dmackreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is easily one of the most unique story lines I’ve read in a long time. It also completely drew me in. There were a couple things that seemed a little unrealistic to me, and it was enough to have me surprised about where the story was headed, which is really the only thing keeping this from a 5 star rating. Very intriguing with lots of one-liners that get you thinking. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail

dyke0nradish's review against another edition

2.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I think I’m over this writing style, it was too simplistic. Some events towards the end were very random, and not in a magical realism kind of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse