Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

20 reviews

emototronic's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual content

a hard read, but one that lingers with you for a lifetime.

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Vomit, and Medical content

wellreadsquid's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.5

This was an intense and difficult read, one I'm happy to have completed. Watching the way everyone experienced Yeong-hye suffering while Yeong-hye never once got a say in her suffering was so disheartening. I'm going to be writing a much longer review on my blog if you want my full thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Blood

There is Marital Rape in this book so read with caution.

henrytinker's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

2.0

I really enjoyed the first section and thought this was going to be a 5 star read, but it began to get very repetitive as it went on despite the perspective changes. e.g. the numerous descriptions of Yeon-Hye's body and how unknowable and mysterious she is because she's mentally ill. It's also very ableist to frame mental illness as a choice to 'let go' of societal expectations, and that's not even getting into all the descriptions of the patients at the hospital and what a 'problem' they are for the staff and family members.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

jamesdavid's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

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

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

feranmi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Part I known as The Vegetarian was excellent, was terrifying and disturbing and the same time but WTF was Part II. The change was jolting and very unpleasant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

mermaidsherbet's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Suicide attempt

femmenova's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

I was so in shock when I found out that this was written by a female author because I was cringing at how the male and female characters were written. Every male character was either a rapist or an abuser - from the protagonist's rapist husband to her abusive father. Every female character was either so submissive or unloved yet independent. The only redeeming part about this book was how the sister-in-law immediately yelled at her husband for raping her sister - she knew that her sister who was mentally ill cannot consent to the sexual advances that he made. The bond between the sisters was also interesting to read about, though I wish it was developed from the beginning and not just from the middle part. The entire part about her husband which is in part two could have easily been scrapped away, it was unnecessary violence to me. 

Maybe I'm just tired of reading schizophrenic people being abused and hurt and vilified as a schizophrenic person myself. Maybe that's just why this book is just a generous 2 star or me. Objectively, the writing was not bad. The pacing was fluid. There was just so many things to dislike about the plot that I simply cannot rate it higher than that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Rape

If you have a psychotic mental illness as I am, this book can be quite triggering at how they treated the main character. She is raped twice by her own husband and her brother-in-law, throughout the book. She is then abused by her father and abandoned by her parents.