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Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
5.0

People later asked me why I hadn't run away. Why I'd stayed until the end. I told them I'd only done what was easiest for me, the only thing someone who can't feel fear could do.

I love the concept of the story. I thought this novel will tell about Yunjae's forerunners to becoming a psychopath, considering the genre of the novel is mental health. Even though it turns out that this novel is not about psychopaths and serial killers, I still love the concept of the story raised in this novel, which is about Yunjae who cannot feel any emotions because he suffers from Alexithymia.

I like seeing the friendship between Yunjae and Gon, the numb one and the vulnerable one. Their friendship is so cute and adorable. Especially after seeing Gon's efforts to help Yunjae feel his own emotions like fear and anger. But unfortunately, I didn't see many scenes where Gon taught Yunjae about emotions, there were some scenes but not many so i was a little unsatisfied :')