Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

39 reviews

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: Blood, Animal death, and Eating disorder

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

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

gzaborski's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

So true vampire bestie, eating men IS self care.

Honestly this novel did a great job conveying the atypical story of a young vampire coming to terms with her creative spirit, her femininity, her mixed race heritage, and her vampire-human identity. 

At times the metaphors presented in this novel felt a bit heavy handed, but overall it was a really fun take on a vampire story and packed a lot of feeling into a 230-page book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

sandravic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent

ramalam98's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

I put this off for a while because I was a bit worried about the low average rating it has, but ended up really enjoying it.

Reminded me a lot of the film Only Lovers Left Alive at times, in that it's an all-vibes take on a mentally-ill vampire in a modern world, struggling to find food. I also loved it as an exploration of being mixed race, the exploitation of the art world (something something vampire metaphore) and having a strained relationship with your mother. 

The writing is a fairly detached stream of consciousness that falls solidly within the Sad Girl Fiction genre, but I feel like it managed to say a lot and also had a really satisfying ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Dementia

Minor: Animal death

verinvaldez's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

nicolesbookreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, and Toxic relationship

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

toniw315's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

scytheria's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer

veelaughtland's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content