The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin

3.8 AVERAGE

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lucyhicks's review against another edition

3.5
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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
I really liked this! It was warm and cosy, but not without some deeper moments and I loved how we got to see so much of the inner workings of the main character. It was really thoughtful and contemplative with some beautiful moments. I just felt like it wasn’t very gripping and enticing because it was quite slow and gentle, and so I struggled to pay attention sometimes. I also didn’t love it when we followed a different character for just one character - it felt sudden and out of place, and we never returned to that character so it was a bit odd. Enjoyed it overall though!
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sugaroni's review against another edition

3.0
I really liked the descriptions of pottery and the process of making it — learning to work with the clay and the metaphors for other life journeys but some of the overall story felt a little clumsy. I don’t know if this was a result of the translation or if I missed something as a result of cultural nuance. 

It was a sweet story and I did like it but I found myself wishing it had felt less choppy.
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peacefulcress's review against another edition

3.0
hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
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faunahoney's review against another edition

5.0
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

emmyk225's review against another edition

5.0
hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: No
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galadkria's review against another edition

3.0
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
If this is the first Korean book of this type you will love it, if it is not you have read this book as many time as you can count your reads. Well written, but tropey for me 
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literarylooms'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: Complicated
gently moving, beautiful and personal — yeon somin has really bought together a poignant story with found family, hidden pain, the joy of healing and the art of moving forward with happiness <3

maicologie's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective slow-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

libraryofjon's review against another edition

3.25
lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

bookheart_dreams's review against another edition

3.0
emotional hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes