Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

50 reviews

morxlvs's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Bullying, and Mental illness

arieslofi's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Ableism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment and Trafficking

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny slow-paced

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

2.75

ילד לומד לאהוב 
ילד לומד לשנוא
ילד להשמיד את האנושות

הכתיבה לא הייתה חדה או חודרת והרגשתי שזה יכל להיות סיפור קצר במקום ספר

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Murder

kasssidyy's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a story. My heart hurts for everyone involved in it, more so Gon than anyone else.

A great book about human connection and human emotions - and how much emotions affect day to day lives.

I didn’t like the ending - it was wrapped up with too much of a bow. But the book was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

secrethistory's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.25

To me, this was a really beautiful but underdeveloped book about what it means to be human, what it means to be a monster, and what loving someone or giving up on them can mean. I kept expecting it to dig a little deeper than it did, but I found it very thoughtful and engaging regardless. The lower rating is mostly due to the ending.

Everything is wrapped up far too neatly. Not only is everyone okay, but our main character doesn’t lose his friend, he can now experience a wide range of emotions (albeit still with challenge and not fully), and his mom wakes up from a coma completely normal. It was the coma for me. It made it feel saccharine. “If you try hard enough and love hard enough, everything will be okay “ did not seem like it should have been a message of this novel. Especially with the role luck plays in the novel.

It was a good book, but could have used more development in both plot and themes. The characters were strong and loveable and their different perspectives brought a lot to the table (though again, I think they could have given more), but I could think of ten better endings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Bullying, Blood, and Child abuse

whysoseriousnat's review

reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Quick to read,  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Bullying, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Child abuse

zannayo's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

4.25

A story I may not read again but one I will continue being glad I have read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Ableism, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse

leahrosiee's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Mental illness, Bullying, Death, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping and Mass/school shootings

korinnagarcia's review

dark emotional informative sad tense 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

4.5

This book is sad, f*cked up, uncomfortable, and beautiful. It really makes you think about emotions and empathy and how we take those things for granted. The ability to love, and how love can change everything. I found the nuanced similarities of Yunjae and Gon fascinating. One can speak eloquently and give you all the definitions of emotions but can’t express them. The other desperately wants to express their feelings but doesn’t know how to and lacks the vocabulary so they resort to frustrated physical acts. One is searching for a way to feel love but can’t feel it and the other is looking to be loved but can’t find it. I also found it really telling who the real monsters in this book were, all of the people that were so quick to judge, stereotype, and so slow to sympathize, and understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

jz724's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Murder and Alcohol