Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

10 reviews

ashlynregan's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book is wild. It is also incredibly sad. A deep dive into a mentally ill family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Child abuse, Classism, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

monserrot's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Body shaming, Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Alcoholism

spookytaco's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Cursing, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

caitlindoesntread's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

kaiulanilee's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lycheejelly's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Cursing, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

k_aro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

i hated this book. i loved this book. i felt great despair and a certain kind of levity; i feel like i'm going insane, and i feel like i'm the most clear-minded i've been in weeks. i feel the way i think people feel when they talk about finishing ottessa moshfegh. it reminds me of junji ito in style and h.p. lovecraft in feel.

meat make woman sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism

uhh... the pivotal character has a sexual encounter which is reacted to as a sexual assault, because the person reacting assumes the pivotal character cannot give consent owing to her mental state. it's really fucking blurry whether it is or not.

urfavpunk's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, and Vomit

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

This didnt really do what i expected, but in a good way?

‘If only ones eyes weren’t visible to others, she thinks. If only one could hide one’s eyes from the world.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Dementia

cosygirlreads's review

dark sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, and Self harm