Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

9 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

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

ghoulpilotfinn's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.25

I just wish there were 200+ more pages to this book. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Incest, and Homophobia

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

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

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Lyd’s a complicated character, but surprisingly relatable. She feels more human than most characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Blood, Eating disorder, Racism, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault

olivia_piepmeier's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

My experience of this was so interesting. It was a review copy, if that makes any difference in the reading. I don't think I would have picked it up if I didn't get it in a blind-date-with-a-book thing but when I started it, I felt immediately drawn to it. I can't really pinpoint why it hooked me so. It just felt like a mood. Often, vampire novels focus on the backstory of how they came to be in that world but this just focuses entirely on Lyd's experience over a few days. There are some flashbacks, but if you think about how you think over the course of a few days, yeah there are some flashbacks! It felt very millennial, reflective, modern, and sort of weird. I liked the connection the art world, perhaps this is something that drew me in. 

Honestly it almost deserves the category of "eating disorder" book. The sexual assault was not as bad as it could have been, but still very eerie. They delved into some more last minute as the book ended, which I felt was unnecessary. 

Overall, I'd recommend it as a weird contemporary London art world millennial vampire escape. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Dementia, Death, Stalking, and Animal death

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Colonisation

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Murder, Stalking, and Vomit

bouebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Stalking, Blood, and Body horror