Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

201 reviews

withlivjones's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful sad 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: No

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A really moving coming-of-age story, and a great translation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent

cutinied's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Violence

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

pvid's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny 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 gripped from page one. The characters are complex, unique, and so lovable. Despite being voiced by a character who cannot identify and express his emotions, the book is absolutely full of them, in a tender and simple way that makes them even more powerful. Some popular Korean books, especially those about mental health, have fallen a bit flat for me - but not this one. I absolutely loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts

dayiee's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful 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: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Car accident

athomas_reads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

j4scene's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional 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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Yunjae is stronger than me because if I had a school bully cussing me out and using me as a punching bag, I would've been out of there. Yet, I weirdly ended up liking Gon and Yunjae's relationship. They were supposed to be endgame fr. 

People said there was no way to understand Gon. I didn't agree with them. It's just that nobody ever tried to see through him.

Everything we'd experienced together, was it truly real? 

Somebody shook my shoulders. Gon was hugging me in his arms.

I stared at the period after 'Truly' for a long time. I hoped that period could transform Gon's life. Would we ever meet again? I hoped so. Truly.

LIKE WHAT THE FAWK 💔💔💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

stardustheart's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment

mld12's review against another edition

4.25

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hmmm... i really wonder about the moral of the story. It feels anti-disability, either in the way Yun "overcomes" his alexithymia or the way it is questioned if he ever had it. I also thought he would die, and the ending made me wonder if the book is actually made for younger audiences. Other than that, I enjoyed the pondering of human expectations from Yun's point of view.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Torture, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Abandonment

cmgr99's review against another edition

5.0

funny 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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I couldn't put this book down! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

nat_001's review against another edition

2.25

hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestamente fue un libro muy superficial, todos los temas que tocó a penas los rozó, ni siquiera el personaje principal estuvo bien desarrollado. Todas las problemáticas se me hicieron demasiado forzadas y

el hecho de que la mamá se recuperara por completo del coma me pareció algo incrédulo. También que por ser apuñalado o ser víctima de demasiado dolor pudiera desarrollar sentimientos sin ninguna explicación; el interés amoroso también se me hizo ridículo, apareció de la nada, disque se besaron y volvió a desaparecer.

Sorprendentemente se me hizo una explicación lógica que

sus "almendras" crecieran porque él estaba creciendo pero no me terminó de satisfacer que todo ocurriera de golpe (jaja)

No lo volvería a leer, ni siquiera lo hubiera leído si no fuera por mi club de libro pero gracias al mismo club me he dado la oportunidad de reflexionar más de lo poco que ofrece esta lectura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Kidnapping, Abandonment

Minor: Mass/school shootings