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robi_locksley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moshfegh perfectly captures the desire to just step into a new life. The deep self-loathing that makes a person desperate to wake up as a new person.
The desperation of addiction is also written perfectly.
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
harley_f's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Toxic friendship
loz_pie's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
chidera's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion
readbyjaimes's review against another edition
- 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
This book was batshit
That being said I had a LOT of fun reading it. I would read if you love problematic female mc's. She was honestly such an adventure to read from. I debated over my rating for this book for such a long time because I honestly had no idea what I was going to rate this. I found that when I finished the book I had no idea what had just happened, I felt disoriented and I was suddenly just done with the book. But I realized that was the intention, so I finally decided on a 4⭐️.
Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent
lillihms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Abortion
amelianotthepilot's review against another edition
1.5
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
genielong's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Toxic friendship
vabraham's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Antisemitism, Grief, and Classism
7juniormint's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide