Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

29 reviews

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

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

teo_rodas's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Infertility, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

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

thelibraryofalexandra's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Fatphobia

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

4.75

 - Choi has the most incredible ability to write flawed people in complicated relationships. YOLK moves a bit slower than her other books, but it's worth it for the excavation of Jayne and June's relationships to themselves and to each other.
- 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. 

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Content Warnings

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

_chelseawrites's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

As always with Choi's books, not much happened, and yet SO MUCH happened. I love Choi's writing style and how her characters change - how they aren't always that likeable, but I'm still rooting for them. This book seemed especially raw and real and personal. It's one to take slowly, not binge-read, but so worth reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia