A review by soomaiyuh
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.5

I mostly liked it and learned a lot but jayne and june were kind of annoying 😭 especially jayne. sometimes she would just be really overdramatic or sounded like she spent 12 hours a day on 2016 tumblr or smth and not in a good way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Child death, Medical content, Infertility, and Self harm

Moderate: Physical abuse

the sexual assault scene was really difficult to read. i get what the writer was trying to do but it was so uncomfortable and made me feel awful