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アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

103 reviews

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

Das Buch schafft es, dass mir zwei völlig verschiedene Charaktere, deren Verhalten mir auf unterschiedliche Weise moralisch zuwider ist und mit deren Gedankengängen und Taten ich selten sympathisieren kann, so sehr ans Herz wachsen, dass ich mich kaum von ihnen verabschieden mag. Und irgendwo in diesem Widerspruch steckt wohl die Erkenntnis, die Almond einem mit auf den Weg geben kann. 

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dark emotional inspiring slow-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

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dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

A lot of trauma trope.

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emotional inspiring reflective 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

This is what I call a wonderful read. 

The book follows the story of Yun-jae, a boy who was born with a problem: he cannot express any feeling - no happiness, no sadness, no fear. Because of that it's very hard to fit in the society. The whole story is written from his point of view - the pov of aomwone who tries to understand what others feel and tey to read social ques and mimics in order to knoe how to respond to things. 

Another important character in the book is Gon. Their relationship is so special, for both of them, it's even harder to understand it in the beginning but it does make sense. 

This book is about feelings, friendship, lovw and family. The book shoes how conplex feelings are and how hard actually is to understand them, to misinterpreted a smile, or tears or words such as "go away". 

This book made me cry as a baby in the end. It is a beautiful story with beautiful writing and amazing growth. 



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reflective 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

reminded me of how fragile life truly is

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is easily one of the most unique story lines I’ve read in a long time. It also completely drew me in. There were a couple things that seemed a little unrealistic to me, and it was enough to have me surprised about where the story was headed, which is really the only thing keeping this from a 5 star rating. Very intriguing with lots of one-liners that get you thinking. I loved it. 

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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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challenging emotional hopeful 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

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