Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

20 reviews

vee_the_tree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, Eating disorder, Animal death, Grief, Cancer, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

"I'm not really sure what I am anymore, whether I'm a monster or whether I'm just a woman, or both."

Ah good vampire books. The parallel the Mc draws between being non white and being a vampire are chiefs kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Dementia, Medical content, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Murder, Gore, Grief, and Sexual harassment

ferstival's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

I wish she had started murdering people sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

gzaborski's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

So true vampire bestie, eating men IS self care.

Honestly this novel did a great job conveying the atypical story of a young vampire coming to terms with her creative spirit, her femininity, her mixed race heritage, and her vampire-human identity. 

At times the metaphors presented in this novel felt a bit heavy handed, but overall it was a really fun take on a vampire story and packed a lot of feeling into a 230-page book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual assault

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

sunbearbeam's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual harassment

ninajean's review against another edition

3.75

This book is largely no plot-just vibes, but I still found it so interesting. There were a few parts that were a bit slow paced, yet I still enjoyed it. Lydia is struggling to resist the temptation of her vampire identity while struggling with her self-identity as an artist in her 20’s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity and Vomit

jemmers's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Death of parent, Blood, Dementia, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

erinbarton's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.5

i feel like the fact that the mc was a vampire had basically no bearing on the plot - this read exactly like every other ‘sad girl literary fiction’ book with occasional references to the fact that she can only drink blood. 

the blurb describes this basically as a vampire with an eating disorder but this idea wasn’t properly explored in the book. i felt like there were too many plot strands going on and it just took away from the concept. if the mc was trying to resist the blood drinking urges and then caves and attacks people i think this would have been a more interesting read and be representative of a restriction / binge cycle which could be present in EDs. 

overall this just felt a bit too underdeveloped and too many ideas going on. the author seems to throw out too many different ideas that the vampirism could be a metaphor of - eating disorders, generational trauma, colonialism, discrimination as a biracial person, sexual abuse, etc - and the actual intention of the book wasn’t clear. because of this it just felt like a generic literary/contemporary book with the vampire element added last minute to try and help it stand out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Eating disorder

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