ladygodivas 's review for:

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

2.0

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this was meh
i felt like i was the one with alexithymia because i felt nothing for this book lmao.

also, people with alexithymia don’t know how to close their eyes? isn’t that shit kinda automatic? i thought the construct only applied to emotions.

i thought that this author painted people who were born with alexithymia in an exaggerated way.

maybe i’ve become too soft now that i’m older
but i cannot stand bullying stories
i hated it in mieko kawakami’s heaven and i hate it in this book

i’m firmly against all kinds of bullying and i don’t enjoy reading about it even if it does mirror reality
i don’t like how it’s normalized in our society
that to pass the stage of adolescence you must experience it
i don’t agree with that

unfortunately society doesn’t work that way and there will always be assholes born everyday