Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

418 reviews

a_catattack's review

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

kerry_mayyy's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chantplant's review against another edition

dark

4.25

Not sure how I feel about the pacing in this one but i guess you could say that's on purpose to match the unease of the characters. Having the first 2 parts be in the perspective of the men is genius. you really see how little they think of the women in their lives & how they will never ever take any responsibility for their own actions. they will do awful evil things to both In-Hye & Yeong-Hye but describe it in the most mundane, matter-of-fact way. 
This book as a whole is a huge commentary on misogyny in South Korea & the way that the family dynamic is specifically set up to put women last. A woman can never just exist. She has to be someone's wife, daughter, sister, mother, etc. I burned with anger everytime Yeong-Hye's husband refused to call her by name & solely said "my wife." I actually don't think he ever called her by name once.   
The misogynies that drown our two female main characters - especially Yeong-Hye - is suffocating & it broke my heart that sheer hatred for women was the only thing stopping Yeong-Hye from getting much needed preventative mental health care. Like these men don't like women. They don't even see them. They just exist to service them however they want & then throw them away. It's no wonder Yeong-Hye was doing everything she could to escape her current existence.

My favorite part of the book was the last bit where In-Hye is attempting to take care of Yeong-Hye in the mental ward yet she seems too far gone. Reading about Yeong-Hye's

Schizophrenia induced Anorexia

was chilling. It was also interesting to know how the hospital worked and the way the patients existed within it. I like the somewhat opened-ended ending as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tessa_nurre's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

corporateballerina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

scoop1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mellowred1's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazing, powerful read. It's a page turner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

It's incredible -everyone should read it.

roshposh's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

robkil96's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Was gripped by how this book was written, really felt drawn in (English translation).

I enjoyed the final section of the book the most and I wish it went more into the sisterly relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence and Vomit

chelly_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis