Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

48 reviews

arshiya_amreen90786's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Violence

sleepyriv's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i wld die for gon and yunjae

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Grief, Violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

Minor: Gun violence

rtthalia's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Bullying, and Cancer

dprekta's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It’s an easy book to get through. As I  read it - I felt myself connect with characters very easily from the get go. Yunjae’s character and personal development in the book is my favourite part of it, Gon’s character is complicated but the author does a decent job at giving you enough background to make sense out of his actions and reactions. 

A great book to explore human emotions and how it gets translated into the day-to-day business of life. I loved the questions Yunjae would occasionally ask from the readers. Made me think more deeply about the importance of words and language. 

Dips toes in childhood trauma and emotional conditioning of a child which is very insightful. 

“Children long to be loved, but at the same time they give the most love.” 

“Love was an extreme idea. A word that seemed to force something undefinable into the prison of letters. But the word was used so casually, so often. People spoke of love so casually, just to mean the slightest pleasure or thanks.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, and Child abuse

mayadean's review

dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Bullying, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lilholmn's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This story as a whole was great. It was extremely interesting to read about gon and yunjae and their relationship. Those two have completely different and opposing characters and despite struggling to show or even understand their own feelings, deeply care for each other. 
The last two parts felt a bit rushed compared to the other ones. It kinda undermines what the first parts build up and leaves me with some questions and holes (not really plot holes it would’ve been nice tho to get to know more about what happened, especially in part four)
All in all still a great book and recommendation! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Bullying, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

courto875's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

theliteraryteapot's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

What a quick read it was! Unusual for me.

I really liked it, it's quite an emotional heartbreaking story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Bullying, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

giannasoph's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

I cried during the last chapters. I did also tear up a couple of time before that. The development of the story and language that was used was so subtle at first, but so impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Rape