Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

4 reviews

littki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Gore, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cancer, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Infertility, Death, and Dementia

jminaprisc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

beautifully written and reflective story focusing on a few days in the narrator’s life as a newly independent young adult/vampire 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Infertility

Minor: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cancer, Colonisation, and Sexual harassment

lidia7's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

A very unique and special book, left me thinking a lot upon finishing it. Definitely has reread potential. I loved the art descriptions in this and that the author managed to create a relatable vampire. 

Do not read if you're triggered by descriptions of eating disorders, this book has disordered eating throughout its entirety. Check other TWs as well because it can be upsetting to read and definitely has pronounced horror elements (but the horror isn't supernatural always which I think is amazing and very interesting). 

This book managed to do and say a lot under 200 pages! I'm not sure, if I keep thinking about it for longer than I have it might become a favorite. Thought-provoking and emotional books are where it's at!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Murder, Stalking, Vomit, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

nickoliver's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

It didn't have much of a plot to speak of and felt more character-driven, but I liked that about it. Kohda wrote an interesting depiction of vampires. Lydia, the main character, was technically only half-vampire, since her father had been human, and her mother had turned her a few days after birth. Especially the relationship with her mother was interesting to me, because her mother hated herself for being a vampire and punished herself for being one, and she'd raised Lydia with the same kind of mindset. For example, she only drank pig blood because she saw pigs as dirty and didn't think she deserved to consume anything else. It gave Lydia a kind of obsession with human food, which she couldn't eat, and the exploration of that topic kept me reading.

It could get a bit boring sometimes, though, and the format of the book wasn't really to my liking; it had long chapters and even longer paragraphs, which made reading a bit exhausting sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Grief

Minor: Colonisation, Infertility, and Sexual content