Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

La vegetariana by Han Kang

493 reviews

malmal's review against another edition

dark tense

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

3.5

I did almost DNF but then decided to power though seeing it's less than 200 pages and now I'm just sat here with ✨Thoughts✨ and ✨Mixed Opinions✨

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Rape

Minor: Vomit and Blood

ixris's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Well paced and fascinating

alsoapples's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

pooxs's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Rape, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Misogyny, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Vomit

sarahcothron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Animal death, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder

heycloehere's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Animal death

melissarhiannonevans's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

hannaheinhorn's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

1.5

because many people with mental health are already silenced when telling their own stories, this book rubbed me the WRONG way. i disliked the author’s choice to describe various violent instances (specifically the multiple rapes) by gratuitously showing it through the brother-in-law’s perspective and the husband’s perspective. i’ve read far grimmer stories but this one grossed me out, especially because of the pedophilic overtones when describing yeong-hye’s emaciated body. i feel like the author did exactly what she was trying to critique, which is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Vomit, Physical abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

evertlagerberg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Mental illness, Confinement, and Vomit