Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

5 reviews

pianoman543's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Vomit, and Colonisation

katastrophi's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This has me enthusiastic about reading her other works. I was transported immediately into the world she built and absorbed in the tale. I appreciated Ji Lin's intelligence, resourcefulness, loyalty, and ferocity.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Slavery, Stalking, and Death of parent

veronicachp's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

I kept waiting and hoping this book would rope me in and I'd become actually invested in the characters or the story, but it really didn't unfortunately. I enjoyed the premise, I enjoy a good mystery, but it kind of felt like it had too many irons in the fire and TOO many mysteries for me to be really engaged with any of them. Without spoiling, after the MacFarlane storyline was resolved, it felt like the story just went haywire with twists and turns and lost the plot, so to speak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

elliejhnsn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Writing was excellent. The story unfolded in a really captivating way. It is a bit twisted, mysterious, and dark, with magical realism, reflective of the land of Malay and the sociopolitical environments at the time. But, I think it was a bit too dark for me. It did leave me with a lot of questions still, but I think it did so intentionally, as it was a mystical story. Finally, and most importantly, the love story was NOT IT FOR ME DAWG. It felt so wrong. I definitely felt the way Ji Lin's mother did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

bonnienoire's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Sexual harassment