Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

33 reviews

overcooked's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and Blood

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Drug use

shiqick's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Cancer

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Bullying and Abandonment

anniefwrites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

There's really no one who can beat the intricacy of Mary H. K. Choi's language. Her writing oozes intelligence, and her details are always microscopically specific. She weaves together a story so tightly wound that, when it finally unravels, it feels like a breath of fresh air. She humanizes her characters so fully, and when they do things that surprise you, it turns out to be exactly in line with who they are. An excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, and Drug use

ceedy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Blood, Cancer, and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

instalovewithbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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

3.25

This book held on so fast with me the entire time I was reading it. I would put it down for some time, and still, it would be on my mind. I love Choi's writing so much. 

I do wish it wasn't open ended as it was. And I hope we get some insight to what happened to the characters after the surgery, I want to know more about their lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment

cahpicasso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

what an incredible read!

so much more intense than I'd expected, it felt incredibly accurate even though I never struggled like Jayne. You'll get to see complicated family dynamics, mixed feelings all the time, not knowing what to do with life and wondering if you're the only one who never figure things out.

I loved all the pop-culture references and wish I could follow these characters for a long time after finishing it. 🖤

beware of the trigger warnings at the beginning, it truly is a wild ride. (also, I think the "when the party's over" quote was straight-up brilliant). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Racism, Vomit, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Cancer

Moderate: Miscarriage and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

What a fucking fantastic book. I relate so much. She went through such horrible things, I just wanted to hold her. The audacity of some characters. I felt it in my soul. As much as the last chapter wants me to love June and their mum, I would never forgive them. I want to imagine a bright future for Jane. She deserves it. My fucking heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Alcoholism and Infertility

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

rbookish's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Miscarriage