Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

28 reviews

themadpage's review

dark reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexism, Gore, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Blood

florecita_lectora's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Dementia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, and Death

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

leanne_miron's review

dark reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Dementia, Racism, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

knit's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Racism, and Dementia

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Infidelity, Racism, and Rape

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

lowkeydivine's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I can’t entirely say I didn’t enjoy this book, as I did read it all the way through. I just couldn’t see myself ever rereading it, if that’s something that you’re looking for in a book. I also neglected to read the summary of the book before reading so I learned everything as Lydia told it, which felt like meeting the character. The style of writing was interesting as well, as in I felt quite bemused for the duration of my read through. Still worth a read

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

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