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Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

22 reviews

fbzcab's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
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lovesit1892's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

2.0

I give this two stars for the unique perspective and modern angle that this author uses to approach the vampire trope, but it did not do much for me. I love vampires and I was excited to read a more contemporary vampire storyline with Asian/POC characters, but nothing interesting seems to happen throughout this entire book. The ending is expected and even the character's expected upheaval is uneventful when it happens. The writing lacks any description that would make it lush and detailed, it's just blunt, short sentences, "I did this. This happened."   

The uniqueness of the storyline itself had promise, but the writing makes the characters and their happenings flat and uninteresting. 
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mandkips's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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dumaurier's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-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

4.5

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knit's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective slow-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

The art references really took me back to art school. Each one was perfectly curated for the themes of the book. 
At times the descriptions of Lydia’s relationships with her mother and with food where difficult but overall they were relatable. 
It’s interesting to read about a vampire who isn’t over powered. Lydia feels like a young woman who was way too sheltered growing up (think catholic school girl) and is just figuring out who she is and what she wants while also being non-human. It’s like seeing the vampire before they become wealthy, successful, and sexy. 
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bao_bao's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-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

4.5

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radtastical's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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anxiousnachos's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-paced

4.0

No plot, all vibes and I am in no way unhappy about that fact. This was a very good, very interesting lit fic vampire novel. As someone who enjoys and reads a lot of vampire fiction, I loved Claire Kohda’s take on the vampire mythology and the perspective she gave to the idea of vampirism/colonialism. Also very here for a complicated mother/daughter relationship and this one was excellent. 

Content warnings: blood, animal death, eating disorder, sexual assault, sexual harassment, dementia, cancer, death of a parent, sex, infidelity, murder
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_becca_reads_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

hot girl sad book meets vampire ennui
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lola_milk's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.25

From the US cover and the blurb I thought this would be like a vampire version of A Certain Hunger, but sadly it wasn't. There are a few interesting ideas here, but they are drowned in dull details. I thought the main character was an idiot. Some mysteries in the book are just never resolved. All of this is difficult to get through because the prose is mediocre (which is something I rarely notice). I did think the art references were fun. 
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