Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

23 reviews

ameliaflint's review against another edition

5.0

So confusing but SO GOOD. I have to say I don't get all the literary implications of this book, but I can feel their weight and that is enough for me to know they are profound. I adored the explorations of the nature of women, artists, and food culture. Ends incredibly abruptly but I think it was purposeful. JUST LOVE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

itsdanibee's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Body horror, Colonisation, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia, Infidelity, Murder, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Child death, and Child abuse

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

abisnail564's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, and Sexual assault

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

lilypad537's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

bluedilly's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Death of parent, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Dementia, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, and Pregnancy

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

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

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Cancer, Dementia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault