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Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

14 reviews

bookishgaby's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

radtastical's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Animal death, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Racism, and Animal death

itsheyfay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Colonisation, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

savvylit's review against another edition

dark sad medium-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

2.0

Going into this book, I found the concept really intriguing. A literary vampire novel with a new adult protagonist trying to overcome their true nature? Sign me up! However, ultimately I was let down by Woman, Eating. While I did like Lyd, the rest of the book bored me. I really wish that Kohda had followed up on the threads of colonialism and identity instead of dropping them in favor of a (lame) romance. There were so many secondary characters I wanted to know more about! Especially Lyd's parents. There were also many moments where something seemed about to happen and then... Pretty much nothing happened. And while I usually love plotless books, this book just didn't work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs