Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous

46 reviews

birbboi's review against another edition

dark fast-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

Not only is the main narrator the most unlikable character I have ever had the displeasure of reading, the writing itself is awful. The plot meanders aimlessly and jumps around. There are no interesting concepts as everything is very suface level and it is very poorly executed.

The best thing to come out of this is that the illegal online version of this book I was reading would sometimes glitch out meaning I got to skip parts of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

seth5678's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

It's a bit hard to get through because the main character is very unlovable, but the book is written in a very captivating and novel way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse

swinevenus's review against another edition

dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction

viviette's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Well, at least this wasn’t boring! I like to think this book is actually a letter to the authors self as the entire book seemed to be written out of self pity. He claims he’s a bad person only to 5 seconds later repute “I don’t deserve this!!!” and exclaim how oh so sad his life is when meanwhile he’s making 300k per year and living in a mansion and, in his words not mine, is surrounded by “beauts.” just MOST are married. I mean everything about the ended screams ‘FEEL BAD FOR ME!’ but uhhh no buddy, you brought this on yourself and you know it you’re just twisting the story to favor yourself. He was in a good relationship with a woman he claimed to love in the beginning but then ruined it. Then halfway through talked about the quote “love of his life” who ended it herself probably after learning he’s a misogynistic idiot (though he leaves that part out) but said they can be friends!!! For some reason he thinks him being a ‘friend’ means she hates him?? I mean what the heck. Even if she did it on purpose like he said to hurt him it wasn’t even that cruel compared to his actions!!! This is like an “Am I the a-hole?” Reddit story when they’re OBVIOUSLY the a-hole. And in this case the author should delete the post…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

jayismit's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

connie_08's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• 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

3.5

the main character of the book was so insurable, however i do think that was very intentional. well
written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexism

hue's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

Just had to know what it was about, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Misogyny

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-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

2.75

lots of potential, average execution.

i picked this up because i saw a youtube short that basically said something along the lines of "i'm halfway through this book and i feel sick" backdropped by a picture of the first page, adorned with the very eye-catching first sentence:
 

i liked hurting girls. 

i was intrigued, because i'm a fan of all things dark, disgusting, disturbing, mental.

and the first third was quite good, actually - funny (the narrator taking the "pith" out of someone's "lithsp" was probably the funniest thing i've read in a book ever) and cynical; the reader absolutely appalled by the narrator and yet being met with smart and relatable quotes, self-aware, realistic observations about life and the relationships we choose to fill it with.

but all of that sort of got lost as the story progressed: the narrator becoming an emblem in AA (alcoholics anonymous), getting a good job, fretting about the future, describing his boring and mid-life-crisis way of living, and tiring everyday life.
halfway through, this turned into some sort of self-pitying self-help book written by a touch-deprived middle-aged man.

and the thing with aisling, right...
the thing we've been waiting for since page one.

it was just silly. i didn't pity the narrator and i also didn't understand what her strategy was supposed to be. it didn't have any impact, wasn't surprising, wasn't brutal at all (which is what i'd desperately hoped for).

it was nothing.

infuriating, considering i read 140 slow and excruciating pages to get to this point just to be disappointed like every girl the narrator fooled back in his prime time. (ironic, if you think about it.)

yeah, i just expected something a little different. i wanted disgusting, unhinged. i wanted another humbert humbert (shame on whoever it was who compared this book to lolita in the synopsis).
i wanted so much more than this.

but alas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

jinx_mars's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Infidelity