Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

53 reviews

katkinslee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book really came off like a horror novel, there were so many creepy parts!
I enjoyed this book but I also hated it in a way, I think because it was so hard to watch the women in this novel be treated so horribly. The men straight up sucked only ever wanting to serve their own needs. This book is very powerful and I think it will stick with me for a long time. 

If you plan on reading this for the love of God please check out the trigger warnings because this one is jam packed with the triggers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Confinement, Gore, and Mental illness

kayang's review

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Body horror, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Mental illness, Body shaming, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Animal death

jamesdavid's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Dementia, Eating disorder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Ableism, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

fesd5's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

Officially one of my favourite books of all time! Incredibly weird, tense, complicated and introspective. Not at all what I expected it to be and I loved it all the more for it. This book goes into the fragility of the human mind and the impact of serious mental illness on the people around you. Each character was completely unlike the others, each person was loveable or despicable in their own way, flawed and strong, or weak. A book that I would definitely read again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child abuse and Rape

kaiulanilee's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

technoblade's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Rape, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Medical content, and Confinement

jbcrue's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

aelunny's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Um wow. I was definitely misled by a book reviewer to this book and it took me completely by surprise.

Very, very well written and this was an excellent translation. It's truly one of those novels thats also a work of art. That being said, the content of this book is most accurately described as disturbing. I have so so so many thoughts and I feel like I need to write an essay about this book, but the number one theme that I keep coming back to to is the objectification of women. Our protagonist (Yeong-hye) is viewed by a different person in each of the three parts and is reduced to a role in each of them. I also think a lot of people are saying her actions in the book are to enact agency on her life, but I think that by viewing it this way we are also objectifying her as a character in a book. The fact we never see the story told from Yeong-hye's perspective and our narrators never have a real conversation trying to understand what is going on in her head, makes me believe we cannot presume what her motivations are.

Please read all content warnings, as a lot of the depictions are really graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Rape, Blood, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Dementia

inkylabyrinth's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Violence

kcelena's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

For quality of writing I would give it 4🌟, but I did not enjoy this one. Not enough focus on our main female protagonist and too much focus on justifying men being truly terrible human beings. The second half was slightly better than the first. People with eating disorders should be VERY careful with this - only go into it if you are in a strong and safe place in your recovery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood

Minor: Toxic friendship