Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

116 reviews

abi_laura's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, Murder

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

lycheeteareads'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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Part of 'BTS' reading recs list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Blood

rachjy's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

jpn99's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, Murder

teleporting_pickle's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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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This was an interesting read for me. Not my preferred genre but it sounded like I said.. interesting. I was confused a bit by what tense it was in or maybe I just didn’t like it. The story overall was short but I liked it the concept kept it interesting to read. I enjoyed seeing the Mc find his emotions with the help of the people who care around him. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood

starryfruits's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Easy to read and well paced and well written.
I teared up twice but not at the moments you think. 
Its a great character study and bit of psychology in a non-academic way. 
 I didnt have any complaints 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder

Minor: Bullying

navayiota's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Yet another banger. I wish I had known earlier that there are so many great Korean authors, and I hope others won't make the same mistake as me and wait so long to explore Korean literature. I can easily see this becoming a modern classic, and it will be completely justified. Almond is a flawless exploration of disability in society, and a character study of a boy unable to feel emotions. This book had me gasping, tearing up and giggling.. highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship

Minor: Gun violence

wollhaarmammut's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While I enjoyed the overall premise of the book, the plot was a bit much for me. I would have loved to explore the thoughts and human connections of the protagonist more, to be able to really get inside his head. Unfortunately, the overwhelming and sometimes painfully absurd plot did not allow me to relate as much with the characters as I would have liked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship

andreapap15's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional informative 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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"I do not know how this story will un- fold. As I said, neither you nor I nor any- one can ever know whether a story is happy or tragic. It may be impossible to categorize a story so neatly in the first place. Life takes on various flavors as it flows.

I've decided to confront it. Confront whatever life throws at me, as I always have. And however much I can feel, nothing more, nothing less."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death