Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

305 reviews

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

jabberwalky's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

fieldfarmer's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

2.5

I'm not going to lie. I went into this book knowing that the narrator is intentionally written to be unlikable, but I rooted so hard for her to overdose. That would've been a better ending than she still feels like garbage but garbage that's at peace after being a horrible friend and person. I don't care what the booktok girlies say, I see their love and obsession for Miss Narrator, but she is the worst. Her self aggrandizing is so annoying and grating, and the book would've ended better with her dead. That said, I was sucked into the audiobook and finished it in two days on a higher speed. Was it because I wanted to get past her self important bullshit and hear her die? Yes. Was I let down when she was alive? Also yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Vomit

rockcommander's review against another edition

dark funny sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

peeshy's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

cassandra72's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

I really can't fully understand the feelings this book made me feel. But for one thing, it was amazing how it kept me entertained with literally no plot and as I like to think with the ending no character development. You see, with the very privileged life the heroine has, her traumas and her way of thinking I don't really believe she changed. Anyways, the reading experienc was definitely something, especially with everyone being unlikable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

yogomagpie's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

This was such a strange experience but I enjoyed it. There wasn’t really a plot, and if I were to explain this book to someone I don’t know what I would say other than “a young woman (unnamed) decides she wants to sleep for a year and we get to observe it.” The ending was abrupt but I guess that is fine for a book with minimal plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion

kyahfae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

kt2e56's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Ugh. First of all, it’s not hard to “get” what’s happening with this book. Just like American Psycho, which this book reminded me of quite a bit, My Year of Rest & Relaxation is unbelievably shallow. So me not liking it doesn’t mean it went over my head. I just didn’t like the book.

I know the author has been on a crusade about how it’s sexist to not like a book with unlikable female characters but it’s not that I don’t like books about unlikable women, I like well-written books about unlikable women. The nameless main character is boring. She just is. She’s racist and nasty and cruel but above all, just so fucking boring. And the author is boring. We get it: somehow despite not showering for weeks, having crusted up eyes, toothpaste all over her face, and god knows what else…everyone is bending over backwards to let the main character know that she’s still just so beautiful and perfect and nobody could ever be thinner or prettier. My god. Find something less cliche.

What was I’m assuming supposed to be some big shocking reveal at the end about Reva dying in 9/11, I literally predicted when I was 22% of the way into the book. So not really that shocking. Just another cliched attempt at controversy.

I did give this one whole extra star for the spot on critiques about the art world. I thought that was genuinely funny and satirical. Ditto for the author’s description of Long Island (I live one town over from Farmingdale in Massapequa. Lol.) which I found pretty funny. Otherwise? Meh. I don’t take Infermiterol but I’m sure I’ll forget this book in three days.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

aimsro's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia