Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente

2 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

This is a fever dream of a novel that I'm not sure how to attach a number to. 

The way Japanese and Chinese characters are depicted made my soul cringe out of my body. (Japan's greatest export is women in school girl uniforms? Really?!) There's a late-game reveal that made me gasp in delight. The book really mirrors the way dreams unfold in their strange logic, and the opacity of the prose and all-vibes feels are no accidents. I don't know if I enjoyed this novel but I appreciated it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and War

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Pedophilia, Violence, Vomit, and Abortion