Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun

38 reviews

def_ni's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

katndrsn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Cancer

tristinrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault

mals_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

withlivjones's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

An interesting exploration of grief, guilt, and the lasting impact of the death of a teenager on various people who knew her. I thought that the concept was intriguing but I expected it to be a somewhat different book, more of a murder mystery, but instead it focuses much more on the fallout of the murder rather than the murder itself. There are some lines that really pack a punch, and I particularly like the chapters where the narration is in the form of a one-sided conversation as you can get a real sense of character. I wouldn’t say that I really enjoyed this book as I just felt that something was missing from it, but I am glad that I read it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

errie's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cancer

beautifulminutiae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping

funkyauntjules's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

a story about grief, loss, and a murder without a person to pin it on. kwon beautifully illustrates the portraits of people who simply did what they could with what they had through something mysterious and horrible. in the end, the loss itself is big, and the empty space left behind is what they all fall into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

megnzhang's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death