selfiegrandpa 's review for:

Almond by Won-pyung Sohn

2.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Unfortunately I was disappointed by this. After reading Sohn Won-Pyung's second novel (Counter Attacks at Thirty) and seeing how people who disliked that one actually loved this one, I was interested in seeing how I would compare. I really enjoy Won-Pyung's writing style and I thought that this had an interesting enough premise. However, towards the last 1/3 of the book I become disappointed with the turn of events. I felt that this book was making a really strong case about the power of friendship and having people in your life who do not give up on you, but the very sudden love interest took me took out of the story. Very out of left field and I ultimately found that it didn't add anything to the story as the love interest wasn't even fully explored as a character herself.

Overall, I enjoyed the first 2/3's of this book and I just wish Won-Pyung had taken a different route with exploring connection between people. Will definitely keep checking out their work in the future though.