Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki

4 reviews

emmablue's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

i really thought this was gonna be my new fav :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Animal death, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Infertility, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, Vomit, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Cancer, Abortion, Homophobia, and Blood

inkstutter's review

challenging dark slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

marplellous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

i am mesmerised to find everything that made me love a tale for the time being already present in ozeki‘s debut: a search for humanity and compassion, spanning languages, continents, and oceans - all set up against the backdrop of the modern meat industry and its cruel practices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Racial slurs, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cancer and Cannibalism

tiredurbanist's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia