Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

31 reviews

gersonswhistle's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Child death, Antisemitism, Vomit, Incest, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement

jiscoo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

shoutout to my calvinist upbringing for making this book make way more sense than it had any right to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Excrement, Grief, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

graviereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

EXTREMELY vivid imagery. Gross. Emphasis on discomfort. Disgusting but not in a fun way. Interesting read but highly cringe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual content, and Incest

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

judythedreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Excrement, Incest, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

jytteanne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Excrement, Grief, and Self harm

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Excrement, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Incest, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

rosalind's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Xenophobia, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Body horror, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Death of parent

jackbifrost's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Bullying, Vomit, Gore, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

clarereadstheworld's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Back in Europe this week, reading a book from The Netherlands. I picked this book a while ago as it won the International Booker Prize in 2020, so it got quite a bit of attention at that time.

The story takes place on a dairy farm in a rural area of The Netherlands. As Jas teeters of the brink of puberty, her older brother tragically falls through the ice while ice-skating and dies. As her parents (understandably) fall apart, Jas tries desperately to recalibrate her world to adjust to the loss of her bother, and perhaps more devastatingly the loss of her parents love and attention. She becomes obsessed with death, avoiding death, and refuses to remove the red coats which envelops her in a protective layer.

The narrative is given entirely from Jas's point of view. The reader is pulled in as her confidant as Jas talks through the mundane and horrific things which happen in an equally matter of fact way. There are some very uncomfortable and graphic scenes as, starved for attention from their grieving parents, Jas and her siblings explore their emerging sexualities together. Jas also develops chronic constipation, which she tells the reader about in great detail.

Having grown up in a rural area filled with dairy farms similar to the area described in the book (although in a different country) I definitely felt a strong connection to the characters. There were a lot of elements which remained me of the children I went to school with.

Another element of this book I found interesting was the description of Jas's fear of germs, and getting sick. I suffer from emetophobia, which is a fear of vomiting, and this is the first time I've read a book with a character who has a similar phobia.

Not for the feint hearted, but an interesting read. 

Trigger warnings: death, grief, sexual violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Incest, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

ferre_smeets's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

Incredibly slow and dark, disgusted by almost everything every character did, but that just shows how good it's written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Grief, Child abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Bullying, Self harm, Animal death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Car accident, and Cancer