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annuich's review against another edition
Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
notabookseller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Eating disorder
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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
erinsbookshelves's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, Vomit, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Infidelity
kendrabetweenthelines's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Death
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
- So much is covered in this book, and it really gets at the way different pressures in your life get all tangled up together until it's nearly impossible to separate out all the experiences and feelings that make you who you are.
- I know this book won't be for everyone, especially if you don't like being in the point of view of someone who doesn't like themselves and/or purposefully sabotages themselves. But if you're up for it, YOLK is an incredible exploration of two sisters trying to find themselves through each other.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
sunsetcity's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Going into this book, I don't think I realized just how heavy it was. It has been marketed as a funny book, and although there may be some funny moments, overall this book deals with some really hard topics (such as eating disorders and cancer). Choi excels at writing realistically flawed characters and I really appreciated that about this book. Being in Jayne's head the whole book really helped me as a reader understand the struggles she was going through and just what she was thinking as she faced the obstacles presented to her. I also loved the dynamics between the characters throughout and how they interacted with each other.
Like the last Choi book I read, I thought the writing was very beautiful and I appreciated the topics that she went into throughout the story. However, I finished the book just wanting more. I wanted to dive further into Jayne and June's relationship with each other and the rest of their family. I wanted the book to delve deeper into the mental health talk and the discussion around why some people in the story didn't believe it was a real problem. I wanted to see more of Jayne's arc as a character, especially towards the end, and her relationship with Patrick. And I wanted more from the ending.
Overall, while I enjoyed the prose and the characters, I think I wanted more from the storyline and a deeper exploration of the themes brought up.
Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit