Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

내 휴식과 이완의 해 by Ottessa Moshfegh

39 reviews

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

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

vampiricholy'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

hikaiya'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