Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn

8 reviews

rachaelwho's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So yeah, it's wish fulfillment/a morality play, but I still really enjoyed this one. Works for me.

Tw for

forced pregnancy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Vomit

kalagrace's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A fast read, the pace was really propulsive. But, with that, some nuance that I would have enjoyed was missing. Really looking forward to the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

schausjk's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I enjoyed the book in general, and many of the characters were interesting. A fun thought experiment for exploring gender, hierarchy, and control. Ultimately though it feels like there are gaps in the worldbuilding

like only a single person dying Inside in 22 years

, and the fallout of the ending meant that things did feel somewhat rushed and unrealistic

for example, the rest of the staff just going along with Olympia being leader after having just been shown to be hostile to her and her ideas.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Violence, War

coffeebean216's review against another edition

0.5

dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Medical content, Abandonment

sweetrosegirl76's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I liked this but it wasn't what I expected. I liked it because it definitely felt realistic in terms of what could happen. It's not outside of the realm of possibility that we transition to a world that looks like this.

It's different than I expected because I thought that this was going to be more of a dystopian and that the three of them would band together to take down this rich bitch CEO. The world building regarding The Inside was interesting imo, but the space ships weren't really elaborated on.

It wasn't a bad book but there's no plot? It's a lot of just narration and accounts of what's happening, which again not bad, but not that great either. It was easy to follow along to but I kept waiting for an overarching plot. I think it'd be a great limited series or movie I feel like it's everything Barbie movie was supposed to be regarding toxic femininity and reversal of sexism. It really shows human nature to perpetuate cycles and uphold systems of power and oppression. I think it'd be a great book for a book club or book discussion there's a lot to unpack here which I appreciated.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Vomit, Colonisation

hflh's review against another edition

3.75

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ok. I really enjoyed this book, BUT I think it will disappoint a lot of readers. 

It’s simple and on-the-nose (buzzwords included), has flat characters with a tidy plot, and you have to suspend some disbelief. If you’re looking for a nuanced, in-depth critique on climate, gender, capitalism, and white feminism — you’ll be disappointed. 

BUT sometimes you need just want to turn off your brain and jump in and this did that for me. There are some really interesting and fucked up elements in this dystopian world that kept me engaged and

the cartoonishly evil billionaire

was a good laugh.

I’d encourage readers to go in blind, but the villain reads like a

bossbabe trying to build a paradise created by J.K. Rowling and a beige mom

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NOTE: while there’s lots of queer rep, one of the blurbs on the book says it’s found family but I don’t think this will scratch your found family itch.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Transphobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Death of parent, Alcohol

doxxing, forced pregnancy, overdose

lexyan's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was skeptical early on reading this, but I ended up really liking it. It's a good takedown of gender essentialism set on the backdrop of early apocalypse-level climate change. There's heavy use of dramatic irony that works really well to keep you invested in reading it. All of the POV characters are well-written, including the perfectly hateable villain. The ending is hopeful but a little unsatisfying, which sort of feels perfect for the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, War, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

thespinystacks's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit