Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

616 reviews

beatriks's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body shaming

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

comfymaeve's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

dawntin's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

snotgirlirl's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Suicide attempt

anenome's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

scifi_rat's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt

awaybeyondblue's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

syllareads's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Forced institutionalization

tangerinejellies's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment