Reviews tagging 'Gore'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

25 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

j4scene's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Yunjae is stronger than me because if I had a school bully cussing me out and using me as a punching bag, I would've been out of there. Yet, I weirdly ended up liking Gon and Yunjae's relationship. They were supposed to be endgame fr. 

People said there was no way to understand Gon. I didn't agree with them. It's just that nobody ever tried to see through him.

Everything we'd experienced together, was it truly real? 

Somebody shook my shoulders. Gon was hugging me in his arms.

I stared at the period after 'Truly' for a long time. I hoped that period could transform Gon's life. Would we ever meet again? I hoped so. Truly.

LIKE WHAT THE FAWK 💔💔💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

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

macliffe's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-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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I liked reading this book, and I thought it was satisfying, but I’m just not sure how memorable it will be which is why I withheld a star. I really loved Yunjae as a protagonist and hearing the story through his detached voice was a unique experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

cho_da_in's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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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This book destroys the meaning of ratings. Every other book I've rated 5 stars looks like a selfish diary entry by comparison. This is life transcribed in a book, and yet you turn your head and it also becomes the most beautiful collection of words I've ever seen strung together. Seriously guys the writing style is so beautiful and the characters are even better please give this a chance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness

Minor: Child abuse

annamgoodman's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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 cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

mcrespo's review against another edition

4.5

challenging 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: Yes

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a very catcher in the rye-esque story. its super fast paced, and sohn has a command for tone and characterization. i especially love the use of metaphors with the almonds and the plum candies. i just wanted more almond metaphor in the end to tie it all up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder

cami_chai's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Grief

hjb_128's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

dominiq_ec's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective tense fast-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

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This book made me cry in the ending pages, and while I don't let myself cry often, it's usually a sign of a pretty good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail