Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

862 reviews

wyldereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

demeryg's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Dysphoria

izzybla's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

eloisereading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

eemadeeberry's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

heidilreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

imchelsi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

polysemy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wasn’t sure about the first section of this, but the second section was beautiful and painful. Then the final act of this book was truly brutal. The writing was  haunting in a way that’s left me feeling devastated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Vomit

vs9001'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

witcheep's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity and Murder