Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

La vegetariana by Han Kang

553 reviews

nikrib's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Blood, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Vomit

theomancy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

thecnareader2021's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Suicide, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

reader00's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Blood, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

ronnieb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

beatrizbooknook's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

3.0

I just finished this book and I 100% find it weird.

The book was not bad... just weird.

The husbands/man were... disgusting.

I think the book is more than what it says is almost a critic to society in itself. But it's so weird that I could not see anything else.

And... the amount of trigger warnings this has... is absurd!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Blood

I just finished this book and I 100% find it weird. The book was not bad... just weird. The husbands/man were... disgusting. I think the book is more than what it says is almost a critic to society in itself. But it's so weird that I could not see anything else. And... the amount of trigger warnings this has... is absurd!!

rachaelcandoit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Animal death, Mental illness, and Body shaming

vouija's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

wanderingdeviant's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

i found this inexplicably haunting and gutting. it was a beautiful commentary on so many different aspects of life, like the patriarchy and generational trauma and the ways in which people internalise things. i like the contrast between yeong-hye and in-hye as  how they go about everything is so strikingly different but almost eerily similar in a way- as if they could change places seamlessly. this book was definitely disturbing and unsettling to read at times but i honestly never stopped thinking about it.

“she’d been unable to forgive her for soaring alone over a boundary she herself could never bring herself to cross, unable to forgive that magnificent irresponsibility that had enabled yeong-hye to shuck off social constraints and leave her behind, still a prisoner. and before yeong-hye had broken those bars, she'd never even known they were there.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide attempt