Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

684 reviews

rionstorm's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.25

This book sucks so bad... she was clearly trying to be ironic and failed... literally everything about it is irritating... the casual racism, the repetitiveness, her constantly talking about how pretty she is, how every character is cartoonish and one dimensional, the incredibly silly (and distasteful) ending... awful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abortion, and Pregnancy

chickaboogawah'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

0.25

This book was horrible. The end epiphany that I expected didn't happen. The main character was still unlikeable. It was predictable and dumb. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

liviburke1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

Well, I’ll never be able to look at my Trazodonne prescription the same way. This book was definitely an experience. I don’t know if like is the right word but I genuinely could not put this book down. As insufferable as the main character is, i think her story shines light on a lot of flawed aspects of Western society like individualism and the isolation of wealth. 

I didn’t like how often she mentioned the names of the medications she was on. I understand it’s the point but it was a bit excessive and felt like it was simply for shock value at times. I also would have liked to know more about her life post “treatment”. 

A part of me couldn’t get past how “treatments” like such are actually seen to have more negative effects. Obviously this is fiction but yeah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Abortion

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy

elenival'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

3.5

3.5 stars… ? Nothing really happens, but it’s also a wild ride? A very unlikable/unreliable narrator, very "entertaining" for lack of a better word. So over-the-top that it works? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Abortion

karalynaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

jenicatreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Abortion

jwagstrom's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.5

Despite none of the characters being likable, I still enjoyed the process of reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

nooodledooodle's review against another edition

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: Addiction, Cancer, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

lauralintunen's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Racism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism