Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

27 reviews

laurataylor's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, and War

internationalreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Animal death, and Body shaming

literaryolive's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

kaneebli's review

sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Eating disorder

Minor: War

larazager's review

mysterious 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

4.5

absolutely love the way this book is written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship and Xenophobia

madsw14's review

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

lilly_anne's review against another edition

informative reflective relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

marissab's review

mysterious reflective sad 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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, War, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Animal death

katiemcgregor's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

<I>Winter in Sokcho</I> is a shockingly quick read. I picked it up and was finished within an hour and a half. The atmospheric writing sucked me in and I couldn't tear myself away from the words on the pages, which is amazing because not much of anything happens.

At it's essence <I>Winter in Sokcho</I> is a character study and exploration of people. This book is more about the feeling it portrays rather than any plot points or events unfolding in a traditional manner. In all honesty, I'm not sure I can describe what this book is about, but it made me feel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Vomit and War

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.0

Idk how to feel about this.. mainly because I’ve only read a few books with this style of writing. I think that it’s good because of the expression of the atmosphere and cultures of South Korea/Sokcho. I often felt I was there and that was very cool. It was also really intriguing to see the portrayal of women in South Korea with eating disorders. Also liked the portrayal of the emotional distances between the characters and the town. The way the author seemed to write matter of fact but leave areas to interpretation was really nice too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit