Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Mon année de repos et de détente by Ottessa Moshfegh

82 reviews

lenka_lenka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I loved it! There’s something so lonely about the main character, so human. I can see why some people hate the main character, ( that was the purpose ) but i couldn’t help but to root for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

beepbuggy's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cimmalex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

The worst book I’ve read in my adult life. It is shocking to me how this book is raved about, and how horrible it ended up being. My favorite part was the ending, but not because the book was over. The ending was also the saddest part of the entire book. I would’ve opted to not finish it, but I felt like I had to. I’m sorry I wasted the time. The audiobook narrator was insufferable too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

bella_01's review against another edition

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

2.0

The book is well written and relatively easy to read, but is pretty mundane at times. I found the ending of the book unnecessary. It didn't contribute anything to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

ainaruizdegauna's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.0

I started reading this book because of all the reviews I saw on YouTube. You know that kind of video "if you liked this, you are gonna love that"? Well, I was fooled. I did not enjoy this book. 
The book has a really slow pace and has no plot. Like almost everything "important" that happens is written on the back cover. If you're into that sort of stuff, then this book is going to be great for you. But that wasn't what I wanted nor liked. 
On the bright side, I should say I like the way it is written. Most books with awful protagonists try to justify them and make you love them, but not this one. Although it is written in first person, it never actually says that what she chose to do is correct. The narrator just explains her life, her year of rest and relaxation.

Last but not least, I'd seen coming that someone would die on 9/11 from the beginning of the book, which is not really a plot twist, or not the plot twist the author thought it was doing. I did not feel sorry for neither of the characters, since I hated them both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

studydniowka's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

5.0

The book that started my depressed woman fiction journey. Highly recommend for or the sad girls of the world ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-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

The most mid book.. it was so hyped up I was expecting a lot more. Nothing happens here there’s no plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion

jillianalice's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

I was surprised at how much I genuinely loved this book. I already want to re-read it. I can see the criticisms that we’re made about this book, but personally, the book was very relatable for me. The book gave a real look at types of depression and how different people cope with their grief. I also love books that describe every day, mundane things in an interesting manner, and the prose of this book does it very well. The psychiatrist was hilarious, I don’t think I’ve run across such a perfectly scattered and absurd character before. The ending was also interesting and unexpectedly tied historical events into the final chapter. I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone because it can definitely be triggering and the characters may be annoying to many people, but I love this book and will be re-reading it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

charnyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol