Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

305 reviews

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, and Abortion

evakonic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

This book is quite a heavy read of a quite complex and unlikable main character. It may be very triggering.

lizathomas's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Classism

_renee_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

5.0

None of the characters in this book are supposed to be loved. This book is a hyperbolic satire on Americas self proclaimed high society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

jen_24's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

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

pineapplesunshine's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism

tessays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

2.25

I actually really liked this book until the end. But the final pages did not sit right to me, it felt like the author was trying to offend just for shock value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

ryan_rajp's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit and Abortion

Minor: Ableism

readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, War, and Classism

ends with description of 9/11 and someone jumping out of the North Tower