Reviews tagging 'Grief'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

96 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

vira92's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

aespaldon24's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

333amreen's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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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Such an easy read year covers such complex topics. Only goes on to show how great the writing is! So philosophical and psychological all at once. LOVED HIS CONNECTION WITH GON but the Dora part felt forced and incomplete & that's the ONLY reason I took off the .5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful reflective sad medium-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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I was really intrigued by the disability in this one. I had never heard of it and don't know if the representation was accurate, but I am not to judge on that. It does seem the author did their research. This definitely wasn't an easy read, but being short, it was easier to get through. The ending was not as I hoped. The translation was done very well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence, Medical content

rosalind's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Abandonment

yooya15's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful 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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I always worry that when a novel is translated, it won’t embody the original text, especially with a narrator as unique as this one. My worries were unfounded this time around — there was an incredible display of emotion and vulnerability for a boy who struggles to feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief

httponyo's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful 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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   I found myself crying at random parts. It made my chest ache but in a good way. Gon and Yunjae are very precious children and should be protected. 
   My only problem is that the ending seemed to come a little quickly? The build up to that momet is obvious but it reads like it happened suddenly. Other than that , read the story yourself and see if it brings out anything in you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment

randeerebecca's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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, Bullying, Death, Blood, Grief, Murder