Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

La vegetariana by Han Kang

300 reviews

pinkiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

3.0

veeeryyyyyy strange... i only really liked the last third, from the sister's perspective. everything else i kinda struggled to get through, and it didn't feel like some of the violence - both real and imagined - was necessary. and i would have loved to know more about the dreams and the wife's perspective! i'm writing this months after reading it so i dont really remember oops

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

pinotconnoir's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

One of the better Japanese to English translations I’ve read. The book was not what I was expecting, dark in a way I didn’t quite resonate with, but still- a well written book and I’d be interested to read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder

rachser's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I really wish my version of the cover didn't mention sexuality. It meant I was expecting something that wasn't there. The only sex in this book is non-consensual and the only people we see desiring it are the men doing it.
That said, this book is very effective and was hard to read at times (because it was so well written). I'm not sure why certain plot points were included but overall its a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

hfleur's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Misogyny

beatriks's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

whatsophreadnext_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

comfymaeve's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

dawntin's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

What a dark and devastating book! I read this for a class, and was told it would go well with the ecofeminist analysis of literature. It did, though definitely not in the way I thought things would go. Some of the story was definitely lost in translation but I still thought it was okay. The plot was a bit hard to get through at times because of how violent it was: full of family/marriage issues, mental illnesses, and trauma. The narrator changing with each section of the book was interesting, but I did not like

the main character’s husband or her sister’s husband’s perspectives

at all. The drama that unfolded was like a wreck I couldn’t stop looking at. The narrator was never who I wanted to hear from (Yeong-hye gets her small snippets in the form of dreams, but nothing else). I guess that was a part of the book’s main point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

jo2424's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Violence