A review by dimeryrene
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lydia is a vampire; her mom was one as well, but her dad wasn't. Her mom is alive, but losing herself a little bit and her dad died before she was born. We follow Lydia as she is on her own for the first time and her mom is in hospice care. There's a lot of mother-daughter relationship discussion in the book as well as figuring out who you are. The other big theme is predatory behavior. As a vampire, Lydia is a predator. But she hardly acts on her impulses only killing a duck who was already dying and surviving on dried pig's blood. She works at a gallery with a creepy owner, which is also full of collected work by people of other ethnicities than the collector's. This touches on ownership/predatory practices.