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sidequestcollector's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Child abuse and Sexism
chlololo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
junjiitosgf's review
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
dbranmussatto's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Child abuse
byoblessing's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content
hunterofdaisies's review
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
ts_anne13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse
reclamation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Vomit
lolipopowiec's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Eating disorder and Emotional abuse
Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
larakaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
The first thing I don't like about the book is that we get three points of views/narrators which are the husband, the brother in law and the sister of the titular vegetarian, but not herself. So everyone is talking about her but we never really get her point of view, her thoughts and feelings. I realise, that's probably the point. None of the three understand her actions and don't really try to. While the two men are disgustingly egoistic and sexist, the sister was a bit more bearable but not really empathic as well.
My second issue with the book is the link between vegetarianism and mental health. As if the former would somehow cause the latter or be a symptom of it. At least in the mind of the three narrators.
Maybe it's because I don't enjoy reading books with unlikeable protagonists often or maybe it's this sort of "criticism" that I don't like but this book isn't for me.
Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse