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dark
emotional
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
I picked up ALMOND because of its gorgeous cover. The story inside is equally stunning — a lovely / thoughtful / tender gem on growing up. I also love the thread on love and fear — and how our displays of both emotions are in tandem more often than we think.
And kudos to Sandy Joosun Lee for translating it with such evident care!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying
death of a grandmother at the beginning (pretty graphic - knife, hammer), mc's own near death experience at the end, mc "tortures" a butterfly
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quick to read,
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Blood, Grief
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
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
Simply beautiful. A story full of rich, complex, and lovable characters all trying to make do. A joy to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Flowers for Algernon meets The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Night-Time. Pretty good book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
clutched my pearls for the last 20 pages
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Medical content
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
challenging
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:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
- Interesting perspective that we don’t see very often
Especially, towards the end when he was speaking about his grandmother’s death and what caused his mother to be in a coma. When he talked about how no one tried to help, "Most people could feel, but didn’t act. They said they sympathized, but easily forgot." It got me thinking. What is the right thing to do in that situation. Everyone, including Yunjae, didn’t do anything. Which is understandable, but is it the right thing to do? There is no right answer, but I’m still wondering. It was also very interesting, seeing Yunjae and Gon’s friendship develop and the dynamic between the two. You have Yunjae’s, a boy who can’t feel emotions (at first) and that has a hard time fitting with the rest of the crowd, and Gon, who feels so much, but tries to hide it behind that tough look. I think that both of them never really thought they fit in, so maybe that’s a part of the reason why they became so close. They understand each other in a way that no one else understands them if that makes sense - I feel like Dora was kind of a random add. She was a kind of love interest, but it just felt random. But, she was nice at least.
Yunjae being "cured" at the end felt weird. As if being neurotypical is a goal to reach or better which I didn’t like.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent