Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

내 휴식과 이완의 해, by Ottessa Moshfegh

28 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Excrement, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Antisemitism, and Abortion

sinnergrrl's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

An issue that surrounds this novel is the public perception of it. Seeing young girls post on social media how they relate to the main character (and how humorous and glamorous they find that) is… sad?

It has been aestheticised and with that, glamorised. It’s cruelly ironic. 

Admittedly, as I only really saw this troubled perspective on the novel, I struggled to connect to it at all. But upon reading reviews that mention the authors sardonic intentions with the book, I’ve come to think it a great take on privilege and the ridiculousness of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Drug abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, and Sexual assault

bookbabe0614's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

This book pointless. There’s no universe where I would read this book again, it was so repetitive I found myself just saying blah blah blah to fill in for certain paragraphs. If you’re still considering reading the book let me give you a recap: rich girl hates her parents they died, she wants to sleep for a year so she goes to the absolute worst psychiatrist in all of New York City, she bullies her friend for being Jewish & bulimic. Then said friend died in 911 which was an ending I saw coming within the first hundred pages. Writing was OK.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Abortion, Mental illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Vomit, Bullying, Classism, and Drug use

g_monaghan's review against another edition

challenging sad 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? No

1.75

Interesting concept, dark humour and an obsession with embracing oblivion.

I would rate this book higher if it was not incredibly triggering for mental illness and ED

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Cancer, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

kaiyakeiko's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

The main character is an unlikable, racist, ableist, classist, every-ist, person.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Bullying, Classism, Ableism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

utuisuus's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

honestly what

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Ableism, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Abortion

imrereads's review against another edition

I just couldn't find it in me to care after one to many lines or fat shaming, antisemitism, and homophobia. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

tscheezy's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Addiction, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Toxic friendship

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Racism, Animal cruelty, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Animal death

tigerlily800's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

This was like watching a car crash in slow motion, I couldn't stop reading but I didn't want to see the seemingly inevitable end. Do not take my 5 star rating as me liking the book, I hated it and the characters but the story and writing were so captivating I couldn't put it down.

Please do not skip reading through content warnings associated with this book, it has more than I've ever seen in a single piece of media: eating disorders, addiction, death of a parent, suicide, mental illness, abortion, depression, sexual assault mention, drug abuse, use of the r-slur, animal abuse, abortion, toxic friendship and relationship, terminal illness, alcoholism, and mention of terrorism and 9/11.

I'll be honest, I didn't like the book. The characters were unlikeable, they were self destructive and honestly didn't seem to grow much. I don't consider myself particularly sensitive, but I almost had to DNF after the first quarter of the book. The speaker is crude, harsh and to the point. A beautiful, rich, blonde white girl living in NYC in 2000, who doesn't need to work to pay her bills and squanders all the privilege she has. I could not understand why this book had been so highly recommended, but as I read more I couldn't stop. I had to know just how far she would fall.

The plot was non-existent, but for once this is not a negative. We heard the story as the speaker experienced it: through a haze, with missing pieces and overlooked details. The speaker experienced the world through such a harsh, pessimistic lense. She hated everything and everyone around her but didn't care enough

This was a refreshing take on depression. As someone who has long suffered from depression, the description of the speaker's reality felt real and recognizable. I understood why she wanted a year of hibernation, I just don't have the privilege to do the same. It was refreshing in the sense that the goal of the plot wasn't her recovery. There wasn't a goal for the plot, no big crescendo or peak. This is a book that reads like a diary, with wandering thoughts and missing sections of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Racism, and Antisemitism

Minor: Abortion

Mention of terrorism and 9/11, use of the r-slur