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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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
The beginning was a little rough. The author wanted to allude to an event in the main characters life without going into detail, which made the narrative confusing. But as you get further and further into the book, the tone becomes more polished and the plot more interesting. There are also many nuggets of truth throughout, which is the highlight of any healing novel.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
Topically it was fine to read but i really couldn't get into the perspective it was written from. It felt too fast paced and not well explained at points because of the all-knowing narrator. I couldn't really understand why the characters developed how they did, it progressed too quickly in that sense.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-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
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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
I almost missed this
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
There’s something achingly familiar about Jungmin’s story. A year of hiding after betrayal, the kind that doesn’t just wound your career but fractures your ability to trust your own judgment. When she finally emerges~driven by a scream that seems to come from somewhere deeper than frustration, and stumbles into Soyo Pottery thinking it’s a coffee shop, you can’t help but root for this beautiful mistake.
Yeon Somin understands that healing isn’t a destination but a practice. Watching Jungmin’s hands learn to center clay on the wheel mirrors her own journey toward emotional equilibrium. The pottery lessons become a form of therapy she didn’t know she needed, each session peeling back layers of hurt while building something new.
What makes this novel resonate is its honesty about the messiness of recovery. Jungmin doesn’t transform overnight. She adopts a kitten, reconnects with old wounds through familiar faces, and slowly allows herself to be seen by someone who understands her creative soul. These moments feel lived-in rather than manufactured, capturing the tentative hope of someone learning to trust again.
The deliberate pacing reflects real healing—frustratingly slow but beautifully authentic. Somin writes with the patience of someone who knows that meaningful change takes time. However, several secondary characters disappear without proper resolution, leaving emotional threads dangling in ways that feel careless rather than intentional.
Despite this structural flaw, The Healing Season of Pottery offers something rare: a story that holds space for both pain and possibility. It’s a gentle reminder that sometimes the most profound healing happens not through grand gestures but through the simple act of showing up, day after day, hands willing to shape something beautiful from what remains.
Yeon Somin understands that healing isn’t a destination but a practice. Watching Jungmin’s hands learn to center clay on the wheel mirrors her own journey toward emotional equilibrium. The pottery lessons become a form of therapy she didn’t know she needed, each session peeling back layers of hurt while building something new.
What makes this novel resonate is its honesty about the messiness of recovery. Jungmin doesn’t transform overnight. She adopts a kitten, reconnects with old wounds through familiar faces, and slowly allows herself to be seen by someone who understands her creative soul. These moments feel lived-in rather than manufactured, capturing the tentative hope of someone learning to trust again.
The deliberate pacing reflects real healing—frustratingly slow but beautifully authentic. Somin writes with the patience of someone who knows that meaningful change takes time. However, several secondary characters disappear without proper resolution, leaving emotional threads dangling in ways that feel careless rather than intentional.
Despite this structural flaw, The Healing Season of Pottery offers something rare: a story that holds space for both pain and possibility. It’s a gentle reminder that sometimes the most profound healing happens not through grand gestures but through the simple act of showing up, day after day, hands willing to shape something beautiful from what remains.
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
-true to its name, I feel healed
-really enjoyed reading not just jungmin's growth, but the other characters' as well
-cozy and relatable
-really enjoyed reading not just jungmin's growth, but the other characters' as well
-cozy and relatable
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No