A review by olivia_piepmeier
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

My experience of this was so interesting. It was a review copy, if that makes any difference in the reading. I don't think I would have picked it up if I didn't get it in a blind-date-with-a-book thing but when I started it, I felt immediately drawn to it. I can't really pinpoint why it hooked me so. It just felt like a mood. Often, vampire novels focus on the backstory of how they came to be in that world but this just focuses entirely on Lyd's experience over a few days. There are some flashbacks, but if you think about how you think over the course of a few days, yeah there are some flashbacks! It felt very millennial, reflective, modern, and sort of weird. I liked the connection the art world, perhaps this is something that drew me in. 

Honestly it almost deserves the category of "eating disorder" book. The sexual assault was not as bad as it could have been, but still very eerie. They delved into some more last minute as the book ended, which I felt was unnecessary. 

Overall, I'd recommend it as a weird contemporary London art world millennial vampire escape. 
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