A review by chichio
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book’s premise had crazy strong potential. All in all, I think using vampirism to explore the themes of disordered eating, self-hatred and disconnection from one’s father was genuinely very interesting but the character used to do this exploring was just FLAT. 

The character voice wasn’t strong or interesting enough to keep me really engaged throughout reading the book and that’s why it took me so long to finish it tbh. 

I did really enjoy how this is really just a coming of age story, with the supernatural elements just sprinkled in to enrich the common discussions being made surrounding how 20-something-year-olds navigate life and adulthood. I just wish our narrator had more life (no pun intended) infused into her so I could adore her and her story rather than feeling like I was labouring through it all. 
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