Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

내 휴식과 이완의 해 by Ottessa Moshfegh

256 reviews

mirva's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

It's not a comfortable read. Very thought-provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body shaming, Confinement, and Sexual assault

lebron_jamie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Sexual assault

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

1.5

I dont understand the hype for this book. I feel like I remember people raving about this a few years ago but I truly found this whole book horribly depressing and meaningless. It gave Holden Caulfield vibes in the worst way. 

I guess you could say its a feminist book representing women in the worst way, women can be horrible too, women contain multitudes. I'm also pretty positive it doesn't pass the reverse Bechdel test (men are rarely mentioned and only in reference to sex). Which I guess is interesting... idk overall I thought it was terribly boring and depressing.

The main character is in her 20s, both her parents have passed away which she says she has come to terms with but clearly still deeply affects her. She has decided she wants to sleep her life away. She goes to a bad therapist complaining of sleep problems so she can get prescribed increasingly wild drugs. She then takes a cocktail of drugs in efforts to fully sleep through the rest of life to varying success. Her therapist is an extremely hippie unhinged bad therapist, her best friend is extremely vain and fake, her deceased mother was an alcoholic and uncaring. Overall every single character was unbearable and annoying and I don't feel like I particularly learned or gained anything from reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Abortion, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Vomit, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

thaliaw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Drug use, Terminal illness, Abortion, Suicide, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Grief, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, Confinement, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

sorcha's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Terminal illness, Abortion, Cancer, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Infidelity, Grief, Excrement, and Suicide

stargatelover's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Drug use, and Excrement

bowtiesandbookmarks's review against another edition

reflective medium-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

4.5

She’s a bad person but that made it more enjoyable, I was hate watching her life spiral. I wish she experienced more consequences for her actions. This book is a good example of why I don’t believe in karma. 

Both the MC and Trevor were both terrible people and didn’t experience consequences. Meanwhile Reva showed up for her so many times and still died.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

cephala's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Animal death, Cancer, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

figz's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

I was definitely interested to keep reading, but disappointed that not much really happened. I also found it quite depressing lol. The writing was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Self harm

jessi_mares's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape