Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

449 reviews

mahoyap's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first two parts of the book are so eerie disturbing and disgusting. It was hard to keep reading for a long time because of how disorientated characters are. I like the third part the most where it was more like a literary fiction on feminism. The writing though, even I read the translation, the writing was so lyrically and beautiful. It gave out the eerie disturbing, opened ending vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

yerulp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

timedothwasteme's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

lilyadams2's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

doomluz's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, Self harm, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

nicole_bookmarked's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, and Eating disorder

literarydaph's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Animal death, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexism

littlefroggy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

ciaranolio's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

A thoughtful, incredibly depressing novel about a mentally ill woman's abuse at the hands of her family after she decides to become a vegetarian. Translated from Korean, this novel switches between the vivid and the matter-of-fact masterfully. I was not taken by the literary style, but that may be a side-effect of translation, and the book is undeniably very powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Eating disorder, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse