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アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

427 reviews

tulipvee's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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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i_island's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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

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jordanrisa's review against another edition

3.5

dark 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: Complicated

Quick read — finished this in just a few days. It was a story unlike any I’ve ever read — about two boys; one who feels too much, and one who feels nothing at all, born with a brain condition called alexithymia, which in medical terms means “inability to identify and describe emotions experienced by one’s self or others”.

While it’s not necessarily a book I’d recommend, I did find value in reading it — especially with the author’s point in showcasing children who are different from parents’ expectations and that kids who don’t meet those expectations deserve love and opportunities and acceptance.

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risten's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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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sofidreamer's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Un libro lleno de esperanza y empatía

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nicolepaul_ine's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad 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: Yes

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jayisreading's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

It’s not every day you read a book from the perspective of an individual—more specifically, a boy—with Alexithymia. (Then again, it’s not every day you come across such a trait in a book either.) The protagonist, Yunjae, has such a distinct voice that’s frank and detached, but in some ways, curious, that occasionally makes you pause to think about why we do and think the things we do.

There were a couple things that threw me off about this book, though. The main one is that I’m not a huge fan of the overcoming narrative, especially when it’s as neatly packaged as the one you’ll find in this novel. It’s not that I want characters to suffer, but I also think this constant strive for normalcy is a problematic one, so it was a little disappointing to see how things wrapped up. I also can’t tell if this is just the result of the translation, but I felt the dialogue between characters were really awkward, and I couldn’t really make head or tails of the nuances of their relationships. Korean having degrees of formality in the language is really hard to translate, so I don’t entirely fault the translator for this, but I think there could have been a way to navigate this a bit better.

Almond is worth reading, especially because it is told from a unique perspective. However, I didn’t find this as heartwarming and enjoyable as others seem to have found it, but that’s likely because I wasn’t the biggest fan of how things ended.

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idkgaby's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious tense 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: Complicated

Did not expect to cry, but I did. You could tell a lot of plot points in there were for the shock factor and to make it edgy, but given that the protagonist can’t exactly feel anything, I understand how the author felt the scenes were necessary. It was an easy read, too! I kept wanting to know what happened next after I finished each (short) chapter.

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