I read this just after I finished 'Days at the Morisaki bookshop' which felt quite fitting.
Almond is a book that i will remember being in the same realm as 'Heaven' by and 'The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime'. ALthough I did enjoy the albeit extremely hard to read plotline, I find myself always wanting more of the feelings. And although I think that the main character who has a condition that makes him not feel as the other due to reduced size amydgala in his brain, I still was left with the same lingering feeling after reading a book written and based in Korea or Japan. I felt we just scratched the surface and a lot, so much, so incredibly much is left unsaid. just the scene at the end with G an SF was so so quick we barely get to comprehend what is happening. let alone the main characters' new people in his life after the very first BIG incident. I wanted more. of everything. but happy I read it. important to read. would keep an eye on what the author comes up with next.