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Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
2.75
challenging reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I like the writting style, love the language and length of the chapters, overall the writting itself was great. 

I do not like at all the portrait of alexithymia and neurodivercity in this book. I dont like the way the book used of trauma, and graphic content (and I do like heavy and dark books). 

I think my knowledge about alexithymia and neuropsychology and experience as a autistic person heavily influenced my experience of this book, if it was not this issues in the book I think i would have rated higher. But with this issues in the book I am heavily considering if I should even give it a lower rating.