Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

305 reviews

sarah_eggleton's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t love this as much as I thought I would but I found it strangely comforting to read. It was like clambering into someone else’s state of mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Abortion

pandeywani's review against another edition

While unlikable protagonists are powerful and often reveal the realities of the world, there's something absolutely heinous about this book's protagonist, and my sympathy ran out halfway through. It was difficult to cultivate a reason within myself to keep reading about this deeply apathetic, classist, fatphobic, white rich character who was so detached from the world, especially as I simply cannot be. While maybe the ending might have been worth it, I simply couldn't find it within my soul to give a damn about this protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Classism

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Classism

kiaragennaro's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

ayeh_h's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Racism and Terminal illness

Although the premise of this book was interesting and some of the main characters issues are relatable, a lot of what was in the book felt like it was added for shock value.

leapyear_reader's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Rape, and Classism

maelysrqs's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

abergw's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Grief

zailkkk'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Grief

eimear_jane's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion