Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

282 reviews

buttercat42's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Blood, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Misogyny

whatsophreadnext_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cherryreads22's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, and Self harm

arieslofi's review

dark reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Medical content, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Ableism

Minor: Abandonment

dawntin's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

3.5

What a dark and devastating book! I read this for a class, and was told it would go well with the ecofeminist analysis of literature. It did, though definitely not in the way I thought things would go. The plot was a bit hard to get through at times because of how violent it was: full of family/marriage issues, mental illnesses, and trauma. The narrator changing with each section of the book was interesting. I did not like

the main character’s husband or her sister’s husband’s perspectives

at all, but the drama that unfolded was like a wreck I couldn’t stop looking at. The narrator was never who I wanted to hear from (Yeong-hye gets her small snippets in the form of dreams, but nothing else). I guess that’s a part of the book’s main point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

eddie_burgess's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Took about a day to write the review as I had no idea how to rate it. On one hand, it’s not a particularly enjoyable read, it’s harsh, visceral and violent with a LOT of very uncomfortable imagery. But on the other hand the themes and messages of this book are literal genius, how Han kang fitted all this into less than 200 pages is incredible. Themes of mental health, obsession, exploitation and loneliness are tackled so perfectly and subtly. Worth noting also that the book definitely does not give you all the answers, it’s down to the reader to think and ponder a lot of these questions themselves after finishing the book. Overall though, very good and will stay in my memory for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

mumintr0llet's review

dark slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Misogyny, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Self harm, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

anenome's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Self harm

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual assault

awaybeyondblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Physical abuse