Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

243 reviews

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

animal cruelty/death is about a butterfly

patslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Violence

courtneyandbooks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

alice000's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

minihope's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

aseel_reads's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful fast-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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I really enjoyed the premise of the book (focusing on the life of someone with alexithymia) and I thought the writing was quite good. 

my biggest issue was the plot, it seems to end really out of character and random - I do wonder if that's because oh who is narrating, it made it come off odd. 

there was also a lot of violence that I did not expect...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

afnaan's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse

clocke3's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma