Reviews tagging 'Death'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

330 reviews

gossameralbum's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Somebody shook my shoulders. Gon was hugging me in his arms. “Don’t die. I beg you. I’ll do anything for you . . . anything . . .” Gon whimpered. He was covered in blood.

this chapter shattered me. though the ending was a bit clunky, this was such a beautiful read, it made me smile many times.
here is another part i highlighted that i found profound:

There was this day when Mom asked a question to Granny, who was carefully writing hanja for love.
“Mom, do you even know what that character means?” “Of course!” Granny glared at Mom, then in a deep low voice, she said, “Love.” “What does love mean?” Mom asked mischievously. “To discover beauty.” After Granny wrote the top part of the character , then the middle part,  (meaning “heart”), she said, “These three dots are us. This one’s mine, this one’s yours, this one’s his!”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

sleepyriv's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i wld die for gon and yunjae

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

azarab's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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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Finished Almond by Won-pyung Sohn and this was a GREAT book. Definitely recommended. Yunjae, is very honest - with everything. I guess that is what comes with lacking emotions and empathy. However, he still shows care for others and wants to understand people so deeply. Even Gon who is horrible to him and everyone, due to his curiosity of understanding humans he is the only one who shows sympathy for Gon. Despite not being able to feel - he recognises that Gon has had a difficult life making him want to appear cold hearted but he isn’t. He is a broken boy. And Yunjae is the only person willing to be patient and present for Gon, even when it puts his life on the line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent

dianausten's review against another edition

2.0

hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

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Really had me at first, thought it would become one of my favourites, but

the author had to magically cure the boy by giving him a crush and a friend.

2 stars for the childhood part of it, though.

 Also, the girl was so unnecessary, Gon was right there already, they had chemistry, Gon had some personality behind his name unlike the girl 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent

jpn99's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder

frivilous's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

siriface's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence

user_ash's review against another edition

3.75

emotional 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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It was a good read but the ending felt too short. Maybe it's me because thats something I feel with a lot of books. Either ways it was a unique perspective to read from.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent

shoyo_reads's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

emzjams's review against another edition

4.75

dark 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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this book was so much more than i expected, so beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent