Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

14 reviews

mahtzahgay's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

1.75

Original rating was 2.75 stars, but I made a statement at the beginning that if the book didn't live up to the review on the blurb ("What Stoker did for the vampire at the end of the nineteenth century, Claire Kohda does for it in our era" – TLS) I would on principle remove a full star from the final rating. Ergo, this book is a solid 1.75 stars.

I really wanted to like Woman, Eating. I was hoping for a fresh take on the vampire genre, and one that would rid it of the embarrassing modern legacy of contemporary vampiric romance and YA trash that, peace and love, spat on both the allure and legacy of the vampire that Camilla and Dracula started.

And listen. It's certainly not the worst book I've read, and by far it is not the worst vampire book I've read. I did, however, grow very tired of the trite and overused playbook of modern-take-on-a-genre-or-literary-classic that makes an attempt at mild social commentary, but ultimately leaves much to be desired within the realm of anything harsher than a "maybe colonialism bad 🧐 Are men who are misogynys and sex pests the REAL monsters 🤯🤯🤯". Like, girl, put some cunt into your undertones & overtones, and be just a touch bolder. Especially if you're going to plaster your book with reviews that praise your 'profoundness' and 'blistering' 'thought-provoking' work. The only 'blistering' part of this entire experience was from my eyes rolling out of their sockets from the over-used and uninspired mommy-daughter issues trope.

It's better than Twilight. That's not a hard bar to pass, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

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

littki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

charmgirl3's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

If you liked Ladybird, you’ll like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

The trigger warnings listed are generalizations— in which the themes are very loose in their depictions and most are not graphic (aside from the death ones). I listed them just to be safe, because although I wasn’t triggered, I can see how others might be.

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

readbylaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Rape

description of sexual assault in the last 5 pages

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

bluedilly's review against another edition

dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

fbzreadswhatever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer

standerson's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Alcohol