Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

5 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

nadiaxm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars 
I loved the ending and this writing was beautiful it was just a bit slow but at the same time that’s kinda what made me like it? also i really wish we saw more about her relationship with her mother and her mixed race identity but, if you love vampires and have an identity crisis please read this you will not be disappointed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Wow. Wow. And wow again.
I’ve been a fan of vampire based literature since I was 10 years old, first with Twiligh; then classics like Dracula  and Carmella; historical fiction like A Dowry of Blood and Interview with the Vampire; back around to contemporary teen based magazine ones like Vampire Academy and Crave; all the shows and movies you can think of. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, Vampire Diaries, What We Do In the Shadows, Van Helsing, The Lost Boys, heck even Hotel Transylvania. The list goes on til the end of time, but I have never read anything like this. 
Claire Kohda writes like a woman unhinged. Like there’s nowhere but up, but she’d rather plummet head first down into the abyss. Writing this lush should be against the law. 
Lydia is a woman we all know. She’s inside of us all. She thinks what we think and acts like we act. A vampire, but more human than you can ever put into words. 


Crying score: yes, I’ll think about this book for the rest of my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

itsheyfay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail