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Read this at work. It was trash but I kept reading anyway. Entertaining (?) garbage.
The author with his "masked and unknown" persona is what gives this gimmicky, convoluted book a 2 stars lol.
Read this at work. It was trash but I kept reading anyway. Entertaining (?) garbage.
The author with his "masked and unknown" persona is what gives this gimmicky, convoluted book a 2 stars lol.
Hate it or love it, this book made me shed a tear.
At first, I found Gon obnoxious and unlikeable. He was impulsive, rough around the edges, and hard to sympathize with. But as I kept reading, it really sank in that he was just a child longing for love and understanding. Both nature and nurture shaped him, and the lack of both made him who he was.
Almond slowly seeps into you. It makes you think about what it means to feel, or to struggle to feel, and how everyone carries their own kind of pain. By the end, I didn’t just understand the characters. I understood myself a little more.
This book makes you feel human.
Hate it or love it, this book made me shed a tear.
At first, I found Gon obnoxious and unlikeable. He was impulsive, rough around the edges, and hard to sympathize with. But as I kept reading, it really sank in that he was just a child longing for love and understanding. Both nature and nurture shaped him, and the lack of both made him who he was.
Almond slowly seeps into you. It makes you think about what it means to feel, or to struggle to feel, and how everyone carries their own kind of pain. By the end, I didn’t just understand the characters. I understood myself a little more.
This book makes you feel human.
Therapy. I honestly don't get what middle-aged woman would rather leave her spouse than deal with the conflict head-on.
The whole premise of the story being centered around an old bookstore is interesting, sure, but that's basically where it stops for me. The characters? Meh. I couldn't connect with any of them at all. The protagonist felt really flat, like her entire personality is just finding failed relationships and then suddenly discovering a love for books.
There is a sequel to this, but I don't think I'm picking that up anytime soon.
Therapy. I honestly don't get what middle-aged woman would rather leave her spouse than deal with the conflict head-on.
The whole premise of the story being centered around an old bookstore is interesting, sure, but that's basically where it stops for me. The characters? Meh. I couldn't connect with any of them at all. The protagonist felt really flat, like her entire personality is just finding failed relationships and then suddenly discovering a love for books.
There is a sequel to this, but I don't think I'm picking that up anytime soon.