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Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
To borrow Granny’s description, a bookstore is a place densely populated with tens of thousands of authors, dead or living, residing side by side. But books are quiet. They remain dead silent until somebody flips open a page. Only then do they spill out their stories, calmly and thoroughly, just enough at a time for me to handle.
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Blood
first of all, the motive behind this book is absolutely heartwarming and i am so in love with the characters. they were unique and seething with beauty and life. especially yunjae was deeply relatable for me, and i thought it was an absolute treat to explore his brain and how he perceives things. it was so nice to read about loss and feelings from an objective point of view.
i'm also a huge fan of short chapters, since they just keep me going, which this one undoubtedly did. the relationship dynamics were really nice as well, adventurous and new.
the only thing i didn't quite like was the love interest. her character is fine and has some depth, however yunjae falling for her so easily felt strangely out of character and i thought it ruined the idyll of his character a little bit. the love interest simply wasn't necessary in my opinion.
the ending totally made up for that though. it was soooo sad and satisfying. such a gracious book.
:) my fav quote:
so i don't know why people laugh or cry. joy, sorrow, love, fear—all these things are vague ideas to me. the words "emotion" and "empathy" are just meaningless letters in print.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol
this story is a piece of art by all means. the journey I experienced alongside yunjae and gon was so beautiful. I love this book with every ounce of my body
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty