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Yolk, by Mary H.K. Choi

23 reviews

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racism, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Gaslighting, and Drug use

taroroot's review

challenging emotional funny 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

i loved this a lot more than i thought i would. i'm generally wary of YA novels written in first-person but i adored being in Jayne's head. so many things she said and felt were so painfully relatable. as someone who doesn't have a sister, i enjoyed this deep insight into the relationship between sisters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Racism

briarrosec's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder

Moderate: Drug use

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

joice_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Cancer

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Blood

cowboykid's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Infertility, and Drug use

makifanclub's review

challenging emotional funny 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

well first of all, i am very shocked that this book is classified as young adult, because it did not feel like a ya book at all in either the writing style or the topics covered and i’m not sure i could’ve handled this book well during my teenage years. but as an adult, i thought the treatment of the heavier topics was done really well, and even though i can’t personally relate to some of the more specific circumstances, like being a child of immigrants or having an eating disorder, as an older sister a lot of this book felt very real. the characters weren’t always likeable and they did bad things, but they felt very realistic and i could always understand and empathize with why they did the things they did. i also really liked patrick and i enjoyed the romance subplot, which isn’t something i can always say about ya books. the author’s descriptive writing is also amazing, and the way she’s able to capture the feeling of the different settings within the book was so vivid and impressive. 

although i liked it a lot, this didn’t quite make 5 stars for me because, while generally i did enjoy the writing style, it took me a while at the beginning to get used to it and there were times where it went a little too pop-culture for me and i cringed. i also felt like some things in the ending were wrapped up a little too neatly and quickly - although of course the actual ending of the book is very open-ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Bullying, and Blood

written_word_warrior's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

This is a wonderfully well written novel which examines the issues of family and self expectations, abuse, neglect, self hate, eating disorders, and hod bad sexual experiences scar some people for life. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

galexy_brain's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, Mental illness, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Fatphobia, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Alcoholism

mirareadsbooksforfun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Drug use