Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Mon année de repos et de détente by Ottessa Moshfegh

859 reviews

vabraham's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-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 think my favorite book of all time. I haven’t read a satire this good, especially criticizing whiteness and elitism, in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Classism

7juniormint's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide

virgomoon9'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abortion, Addiction, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

gryjohansson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

leonkoenig's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

it's brutal and it's fresh and it has Whoopi Goldberg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief

lydiawill'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

What the heck did I just read kinda book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

eauvie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

this book was very interesting n i greatly enjoyed it. quite relateable in it’s portrayal of human sadness and the trauma of the character begins to warm a furnace to certain traits and memories of hers as the book progresses. great read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug use

gin_and_panic's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Classism, Infidelity, and Ableism

chewie'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

1.0

Maybe it just wasn't for me

Not a single likeable character, cartoon villain parents and the only redeemable one is Reva and I hated her the whole time. Somehow knew the whole time that 9/11 was going to be incorporated but still laughed at how absurd it was at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

toetoebigtoe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content