Reviews with content warning for Death - アーモンド

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アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

333 reviews

manaplayground's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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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soowtie's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

i read this in about 3 hours and I just know that'll be thinking about it for years. yeah, it's that type of book!

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deadbookishsociety's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lavnder's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional informative lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

me gusto, tiene un lindo mensaje y te enseña a ver las cosas de manera diferente. personalmente creo que es un buen libro para leer a principios de la adolescencia.
sinceramente tenía muchas expectativas sobre este libro y no las cumplió pero eso no quita que es un buen libro

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deadeye's review against another edition

2.5

challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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durrareadsstuff's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

"Does changing mean growing?" “Probably. For better or for worse," he replied.

OKAY WOW THIS BOOK. Don't let the length fool you. Honestly I could write a whole essay on this. So many interesting themes were covered and in such a breath-takingly beautiful way. Safe to say I've highlighted a huge portion of the book.

Yunjae was diagnosed with alexithymia, a very rare condition where someone has problems to feel emotions because their amygdalae, which is shaped like an almond is smaller than usual. The story follows his journey of discovering himself and also as he tries to sort of largen his "almond".

For someone who basically doesn't have feelings, there's more depth to his personality than quite a few other people I can think of (looking at you, Mal 👀) And the CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OH MY GOD 💥💥💥💯💯 It's just so amazing seeing him grow and all the things he went through in between—my heart 😭💓💓💓😫😭😫😭

And also, Gon and Dora—wow. Especially Gon, I mean, the way that he was pretty much polar opposites with Yunjae and yet we got to see the growth of development happen in both ways. I think I relate much more to Gon. Although, not in a child-delinquent kind of way but more of a feelings-are-so-damn-uncomfortable-must-be-nice-to-not-feel-any kind of way, you know? But reading this made me realise so much about feelings and however icky they are, they're also kind of beautiful and very much necessary.

This book is also about unlikely friendships, and how we perceive people with prejudice without even trying to understand them, to regard them with empathy. Empathy - an incredibly significant element of human relationships. And it explores what exactly does it mean by "ordinary"? I'm just rambling by this point, but definitely, definitely read it.

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itshardizzy's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

this book was so easy to read, it felt as if the time wasn't going by and as if i wasn't even reading. the pace is nice to follow and it's like we are reading the main characters journal, so we are seeing the world through his eyes and seeing the world thru his eyes is honestly calming - except in the hard core scenes, then it gets sad to see.

this book is also beautifully written, even the smallest and simplest things are well written, and gain a special meaning.

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shybookstagramer's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

I was hesitant to read this because it's literary fiction, which I usually have a hard time reading, but I wanted to give it a try because it was recommended to me. I'm glad I did! I surprisingly loved the characters and their character development was great. I didn't fully understand all the things that were going on with Yunjae and his brain, but that didn't stop the impact of the story. The book is fast-paced and obviously very character-oriented, which I think worked well for this book. I do recommend checking this one out.

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