Almond: A Novel

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He does not have friends―the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that―but his devoted mother and grandmother aren't fazed by his condition. I’m already very curious about this book and I’ll actually buddy read it with my dear BookTube friend Katja! She also wrote and directed a number of short films, including Oooh You Make Me Sick and A Two-way Monologue. So anyway, I decided to read Almond because it was likened to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and because I got a nerdy brain orgasm seeing the word amygdala. Yunjae’s Mom would tell him that there is always a need for a scapegoat, hence she trained Yunjae to ‘appear normal’ so that he would not be taken advantage of or used.

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Despite being unable to feel emotions the same way other people do Yunjae was quite a wise person sometimes and could look through people’s disguises with surprising ease. I was blown away by Chapter 5 of this book, which mostly involved an in-depth description of the experience of eating almonds. I'll be honest: Another reason I had to read this is because I saw the word "amygdala" in a review of it.

ALMOND is such a stark and powerful book, written in spare prose and with surprising depth of emotion. But to me, it seemed more like we were doing this out of her own desperation not to have a child that was different. Desde entonces, Yunjae debe aprender a vivir solo, sin deseo de derramar una lágrima, sin tristeza ni miedo ni felicidad. It's also a translated work from Korea, which makes it an excellent choice for celebrating AAPI heritage month. People sometimes say how cool it’d be to be fearless, but they don’t know what they’re talking about.

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Es un libro precioso que casi se convierte en un manifiesto en la importancia de la educación sentimental y emocional, aunque está situado en Corea del Sur, su planteamiento es universal: dos adolescentes que se enfrentan a dos condiciones diferentes, uno no puede sentir porque así lo indica su cerebro y otro siente tanto dolor que le encantaría no sentirlo. Neurodiversity encompasses both neurotypical individuals whose neurocognitive functioning is considered by societal standards to be "normal," as well as neurodivergent individuals who experience cognitive, affectual and/or sensory processes that diverge from the typical.

Over time, repeating a word without paying mind to its meaning, might cause the meaning to slip away from us entirely. Honestly, bless his soul because he just accepted Yunjae the way he was and tried to help him as best as he could. Even so, Yunjae's victimization from his classmates due to his oddness was not the main focus in this book but rather, on his effort to understand the behaviors of the people around him and how neurotypical interactions work. As things stand sections one through three are still great, but the ending lowered it to a generous 2.

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Our Persona is built based on behaviour we learn to emulate to fit in with society’s expectations and norms.The first three (short, all of them are) chapters of Almond are wild, dark and sucked me in immediately. Educado por su madre y su abuela, aprende a identificar las emociones de los demás y a fingir estados de ánimo para no destacar en un mundo que pronto lo tachará de extraño. J. Palaccio and Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig will appreciate this "resonant" story that "gives Yunjae the courage to claim an entirely different story.