Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

9 reviews

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

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: Body horror, Rape, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Death of parent, Blood, Dementia, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

abbieh95's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Dementia

inuklilacdiesel's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-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

5.0

she’s just like me frfr (i loved this book—Lyd was relatable, and it was so well-written)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, and Racial slurs

amberpeddicord's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

Feeling very hungry after this. Not just for food but for like life? I thought this could have gone a bit deeper, and there were some moments along the way where I was just like “why was this included?” or “why didn’t we come back to this?” I also can’t say I connected with the writing, something about it was hard to engage with and I kept catching myself skimming and not missing much by doing so. Mostly I enjoyed it, love me a good vampire book, especially when it helps us reflect on larger topics, but for it being a vampire book I wished for more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

savvylit's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

Going into this book, I found the concept really intriguing. A literary vampire novel with a new adult protagonist trying to overcome their true nature? Sign me up! However, ultimately I was let down by Woman, Eating. While I did like Lyd, the rest of the book bored me. I really wish that Kohda had followed up on the threads of colonialism and identity instead of dropping them in favor of a (lame) romance. There were so many secondary characters I wanted to know more about! Especially Lyd's parents. There were also many moments where something seemed about to happen and then... Pretty much nothing happened. And while I usually love plotless books, this book just didn't work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs

gabb_reads's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Lesbophobia and Cancer

wherethebooksgo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Bullying, and Cancer