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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

925 reviews

magicalghoul's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Clubs de Lectura 2025: Enero

How do you navigate the weight of life and all the patriarchal violence inflicted on you, without going... mad? Without detaching yourself from reality and wanting to turn into a tree, like Daphne did?

The first two parts enraged me so (not because the text was bad, the characters and situations just feel so real and it was obvious we weren't meant to sympathize with the men) while the third and last part almost brought me to tears.

While reading the first part I thought that yeong-hye didn't have a community, that even her family favored the men in her life. By the third part it's apparent that she had In-hye all along, and the struggle of the sister to keep that bond afloat pained me so much.

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isabelem's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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brittmgonz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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miknights's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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leneliest's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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green_rabbit's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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peonysunsets's review against another edition

5.0

challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

deeply thought-provoking, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since a finished it, need to reread asap

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kermities's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Books that receive prizes such as this one all have one thing in common for me: they leave me feeling relieved it is over. Mostly it is because the cerebral masturbation required to hang on till the very last line is taxing to the extreme. In this case, I felt like that for 2/3dhs of the book.

from the flower

onwards it picks up in pacing and I could stand reading it, though I did almost give up in the beginning.
I didn't find a Y of the characters particularly compelling, except for the developments in the last chapter that finally gave the older sister some substance. Reading this was like eating a never ending bowl of porridge. Sure, it's food. But at some point I just want to eat something else that I might enjoy.

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laurenamyd's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I need time to fully digest what I just read, but I am already haunted by this book.

*Edit: I initially gave this 4.5 stars but have come back to give it 5 as I just can’t stop thinking about it*

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tanyanguyen's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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

i love books about women and also books that make me go what the hell those two women are real af i am both of them at once

can be interpreted a lot of different ways which i like. the easiest one is about animal consumption, there's also conceptualizing death, societal norms, oppression of women, humans taking from the environment

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