Reviews tagging 'Murder'

アーモンド by Won-pyung Sohn

287 reviews

garvsy'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

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 or 5

What a good book OMG,
 The author writes beautifully. Even tho it is a short book, it is full of feelings and growing characters. Every time I read it, it surprised me how many things could be written in such few pages. 

It took me some time to finish it but it was mainly because I'm a pussy and I knew what was coming... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal cruelty

sofiaamelia's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

maggsdy's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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La historia se vuelve poco realista hacia el final con acontecimientos del “poder de la amistad y el amor”, especialmente con yunjae

siendo curado, (o que nunca estuvo enfermo)

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Aunque aprecio las intenciones de la autora, creo que el mensaje que acaba dando el libro es que si eres diferente (tienes alguna discapacidad, condición o trastorno mental) la única forma en la que puedes vivir normalmente es si te “curas” o cambias completamente.

Sin embargo, es una historia corta y emotiva muy hermosa que habla también de las condiciones en las que crecen las infancias y adolescencias y cómo estas pueden influenciarlas y transformarlas para bien o para mal.

No soy buena poniendo en palabras mis pensamientos por lo que se podría malentender esta reseña, tal vez la modificaré en el futuro pero quería dejar una huella de mis pensamientos recién acabado el libro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Grief

chermi's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Blood, Medical content, Murder

lotoblanco's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I wouldn’t say “flaw” to what Yunjae is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse

alywaly's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Torture

jungsies's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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, Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood

lemo_n's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying

pikitat's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

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It was somewhat interesting but I didn't think it was remarkable enough to warrant the hype. I did find it bothersome that the story ends with

Gon and Yunjae being "fixed". There are many stories about neurodivergent people that end in this sort of savior style, where the neurodivergent person finally conforms - becomes "normal" - and this change is celebrated as a good thing. I think the fact that Yunaje's ability to suddenly feel emotions was described as him becoming "human" was particularly bothersome, as it does imply that people with alexythemia are inhuman.

Overall, I think this book doesn't do a stellar job exploring and representing the condition it tries to shed light on and portrays the condition in an offensive manner. It's not surprising because this happens frequently with portrayals of neurodivergent and mentally ill individuals in fiction, but it's always disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder

cyndakeel's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional reflective 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, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Ableism