Reviews tagging 'Death'

Yolk, by Mary H.K. Choi

14 reviews

allisonparkss's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Medical content, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, and Grief

hctown's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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: Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm, Death, and Cancer

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

3.75

Fuck I wish I wasn't an only child.

I hate contemporary references in books with a passion but this one isn't that bad.

My only issue is Jayne is constantly said to be an emotional character but reading through I can barely get a sense of her thought process. She does things / takes actions at random,

Spoiler

for example: kicking out jeremy, going with june to the doctor,

and there was no build up or explanation as to why she decided to do those things. Actually it didn't have to be explained, but those moments felt random from a character whose thoughts we're exclusively able to read. Makes the character feel plot-driven as opposed to character-driven, but the story as a whole doesn't feel the same.

I guess my other issue is misused AAVE. But also... Asian American? From Texas? New York transplants? Color me shocked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Self harm, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Fatphobia, Infertility, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Racial slurs and Stalking

seoulatte's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death, Child death, Blood, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Bullying, and Alcoholism

hannahshriver5's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this book is incredible. i love love love the portrayal of the older/younger sister relationship. and the ideas of not having physical “home” were so relatable for me. consistent discussion of disordered eating throughout, could be triggering! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, and Vomit

Moderate: Infertility, Death, and Mental illness

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, Vomit, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical content, Infertility, and Death

annuich's review against another edition

Protagonist making a lot of stupid decisions, kinda toxic family relationship, wish author had written more about the eating disorder part of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

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