Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

116 reviews

ali_ace2407's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death

Minor: Bullying, Violence

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

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

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

interludedream's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood

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

onlymigraine's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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leí este libro por namjoon y yoongi y wow. realmente lloré pero a la vez fue muy todo muy lindo, tiene descripciones muy bellas y frases significativas. muy bueno.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail