Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

51 reviews

marisamidori's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Child death

purpleblueraiin's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Body horror, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexual content

thepeonyinink's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Mental illness

qtdinh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, and Racism

leekaufman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child death

notabookseller's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this book made me miss my sister and she's only like four blocks away

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Eating disorder

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book emotionally gutted me and I loved it. Just so real and ruminating and complex and powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Medical content, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

keesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child death, Vomit, Cancer, Infertility, Medical content, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Blood, Racism, and Fatphobia

womanwill's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Fatphobia