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アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

236 reviews

sashasgarden's review against another edition

4.5

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

Almond is a beautiful tale with a variety of characters, as well as two opposing mains — one presented as the one who cares too little, while the other one cares too much.

They learn from each other to see the world with different eyes, and as the story progresses it is easy for the reader to get invested in their peculiar relationship.

One thing I didn't like much is the one detail I would criticize in the general use of characters and their development:

the love interest, Dora, is merely there to create some drama, and doesn't seem to have lots of personality traits other than 'being nice'.

While I understand her relevance to the story, and her use in helping the main character develop just a bit, I simply don't like characters being used as a tool to progress the plot without them being given any qualities or other aspects to their personality.

Other than that, the characterization of every other person in the story feels realistic and believable, and makes for a truly pleasant read.

The family members play an important role in the characters' lives, and although they don't always directly appear in the plot, their presence is very much felt in the most emotional parts of the book, through the main characters.

Wonderfully written, and will definitely read again soon, once I emotionally recover from this experience.

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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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ashleycmms's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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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cumbresdelibros's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: No

Yo no puedo explicarles lo mucho que me gustó este libro.
Yunjae parece ser un personaje con el que jamás te vas a poder identificar por el hecho de su condición de no sentir absolutamente nada, pero a medida que vas leyendo tiene las mismas preguntas que todos nos hacemos alguna vez en la vida.

¿Qué es el amor? ¿Qué es el miedo, la tristeza, la decepción?

El mundo según Yunjae tiene otra perspectiva, luego tenemos a otro personaje que aparece más adelante. Cuya amistad con el personaje principal es bastante peculiar, pero de él también se aprende varias cosas y se observa otra realidad.

A Yunjae lo golpea la desgracia y la suerte.

Una historia maravillosa que se lee en un día.

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