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아몬드 by 손원평

85 reviews

darkcamellia's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.75

A nice book, but for me personally not worth reading more than once. 

Won-pyung Sohn explicitly illustrates her opinions on the crucial role of family, love, and empathy in a person's life, which corresponds in a rather straightforward manner with the author’s desire to show that love is the fine line between a human being and a monster. 

I’d say it’s a light read thanks to the fast-paced plot, but the form is quite simple, inelaborate, without any particular rhetorical flourishes. I could easily imagine hearing it as a teenager recounts their life story late at night, in the kitchen, over a cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse

casinada's review against another edition

4.0

A really good read! It was very quick, but really impactful.

A boy witnesses the deaths of both his mother and grandma, but he isn’t able to grieve over them. He still has to continue schooling and taking over his mom’s business, while continually being picked on by his peers for his inability to feel sorrow for the loss of his family members. As his journey unfolds, he meets friends along the way. 

I loved the characters too much, especially Gon, to be content with just 250 pages of him💔. There are so many quotes I have, and they still hit reading through them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

sofiaamelia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

lotoblanco's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I wouldn’t say “flaw” to what Yunjae is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Emotional abuse

jungsies's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-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: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness and Blood

nanana_naaa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

lumew2's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

noshinbean's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

gabthebookworm's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

heyitslizz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The moment I opened this book I couldn't close it anymore. This is a fast-pased story with short chapters (max. 6-7p.). The ending made me cry. And just like the author wrote in the beginning and at the end of the book, I don't know if I was crying because this story was tragic or because it was happy. I don't even know if this story was happy or tragic at all. Maybe it was both of those and a lot more. This is a study about communication, growing up, emotions and the lack of them, and about relationships. relationships that are subtile, but very powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Murder