Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

11 reviews

hedsek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The pacing is a bit odd, but I really enjoyed it! For most of the book it's a lot of boredom and inaction and at the end stuff gets more fast-paced (which could have been a bit longer maybe but still really cool). Interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

talon1010's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer

spookycass's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse

beeinbooks's review against another edition

Didn't really like it. There's a cruelty and self-loathing in it, and the ending felt predictable. A slow, creeping sense of unease wasted with a rushed third act. Sorry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

libellumartinae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Before going any further with my review I'd like to say that when I started this book, I made a mistake as I don't think that it was appropriate for the period, albeit it was quite comical that I started a book about adulthood after starting my first week of work. Still, this book proved quite too much content heavy for me and I also had my very - high - expectations completely disappointed.

I think it's extremely innovative and interesting the way the author has portrayed vampirism as a metaphor of growing up sheltered and suddenly having to grow up, alongside the whole complex of choosing on which side to land on as the child of immigrated parents; it's definitely a charming idea but I feel like it should have deepened, as so many - important - themes were only brushed superficially. I did enjoy her portrayal of mother-daughter's relationship, but I definitely felt like her whole relationships should have been better deepened (and f*ck you, Ben).

An interesting recount of - suddenly - growing up, that still stayed a bit too dull and unshaped for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

renegadegrocerycart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Colonisation

itsdanibee's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

lovesit1892's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I give this two stars for the unique perspective and modern angle that this author uses to approach the vampire trope, but it did not do much for me. I love vampires and I was excited to read a more contemporary vampire storyline with Asian/POC characters, but nothing interesting seems to happen throughout this entire book. The ending is expected and even the character's expected upheaval is uneventful when it happens. The writing lacks any description that would make it lush and detailed, it's just blunt, short sentences, "I did this. This happened."   

The uniqueness of the storyline itself had promise, but the writing makes the characters and their happenings flat and uninteresting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Dementia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Bit of a contradiction - some of the prose is beautiful and some of it reads like a teenager's diary. Very little plot to it, and slow. But I'd be curious to read her next book because the bits that are good are really good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Murder