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A review by house_of_hannah
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
dark
reflective
sad
slow-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
Based on how this began I am actually surprised I ended up enjoying this as much as I did. It is a very slow, dense read. It felt like it took me forever to get through for how short it is. There really is no plot here; it is very much a character study, and we spend the entire time in the head of the MC.
A good chunk of this book is simply just the MC laying on the floor and thinking. Since she is a vampire, but was born as a human baby, she contemplates the two sides of herself: human and demon. She analyzes her mother's self hatred, and how that was poured into her. She debates the meaning of where her source of blood comes from. She thinks about what she wants from this extended life of hers, and other subjects along these lines.
I think you definitely have to be in a pensive mood to pick this one up. There's nothing fast paced, or action packed about this book. It will take you on a meandering journey with a woman who's just trying to figure out who she is.
A good chunk of this book is simply just the MC laying on the floor and thinking. Since she is a vampire, but was born as a human baby, she contemplates the two sides of herself: human and demon. She analyzes her mother's self hatred, and how that was poured into her. She debates the meaning of where her source of blood comes from. She thinks about what she wants from this extended life of hers, and other subjects along these lines.
I think you definitely have to be in a pensive mood to pick this one up. There's nothing fast paced, or action packed about this book. It will take you on a meandering journey with a woman who's just trying to figure out who she is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Animal death