bilal
i'm a sucker for stories about coming of age and friendships so i enjoyed this book!
i don't know how accurate of a portrayal this book is of alexithymia, i would guess not wholly and is why in the foreword notes, the author mentions using their imagination alongside what they've read of the phenomenon
dora (and arguably gon to an extent) are pretty much there for the sake of highlighting yunjae's progression with his amygdala. i'm not sure that's particularly bad really for this book and the author kind of hints at that with mentioning that the reason gon does things like torturing the butterfly was to teach yunjae empathy, though it made the book come off as a bit surface level at times for me instead of exploring this in a more natural progression manner
the monotone-ness of the book makes sense and didn't detract from the read, making both gon and dora's emotions shine brighter but also when yunjae's emotions peek through in his development more impactful
pacing in part 2 felt a bit slow, while pacing in part 4 also felt a bit rushed but nothing too egregious
i'm a sucker for stories about coming of age and friendships so i enjoyed this book!
i don't know how accurate of a portrayal this book is of alexithymia, i would guess not wholly and is why in the foreword notes, the author mentions using their imagination alongside what they've read of the phenomenon
dora (and arguably gon to an extent) are pretty much there for the sake of highlighting yunjae's progression with his amygdala. i'm not sure that's particularly bad really for this book and the author kind of hints at that with mentioning that the reason gon does things like torturing the butterfly was to teach yunjae empathy, though it made the book come off as a bit surface level at times for me instead of exploring this in a more natural progression manner
the monotone-ness of the book makes sense and didn't detract from the read, making both gon and dora's emotions shine brighter but also when yunjae's emotions peek through in his development more impactful
pacing in part 2 felt a bit slow, while pacing in part 4 also felt a bit rushed but nothing too egregious