Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

59 reviews

readwithserena's review against another edition

emotional 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, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, Vomit, Infertility, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, and Infidelity

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Really well written. I hated both of the characters so much in the beginning, but the arc of their development makes it worth sticking with them. It all makes sense in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Cancer, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Bullying

niki_x's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying

moviemagus's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Child abuse

liz_not_bennet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

From the first page on I was mesmerized. I couldn't stop. I loved every page, didn't skip a single word.
I now have two favourite books by Mary H. K. Choi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Addiction, Cancer, Eating disorder, and Vomit

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

badvision's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Bullying, and Infertility

xyloblue's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, Cursing, Child death, Bullying, Body shaming, and Alcohol

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

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Fuck. This book. Incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Eating disorder