Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

201 reviews

pataynakulot's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-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: Violence, Death of parent

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

333va's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

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one of my favorite book, i somehow find comfort in reading it from time to time, love how it’s written 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder

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

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

tersirat's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Violence

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

pratdeflors's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent

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