Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous

72 reviews

dmackreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

In summary I feel like this book is about a man getting hurt once, choosing to hurt everybody else afterwards and getting off on it even though the reason he got “hurt” the first time was his own fault, and then getting a little taste of his own medicine too. I had a lot of “wtf” moments and a few laughs due to dark humor. Being only 151 pages it’s a super quick read that kept me interested until the end because I wanted to understand the point and know what would happen. 

Personally I get drawn into stuff like this because I’m always curious to understand the minds of fucked up people. On the flip side I feel like the more I try to understand troubled characters the more conflicted I feel. 

The #1 complaint I see in other reviews is how “horrible the narrator is” I mean yeah… He’s an addict who is also giving sadistic psychopathic narcissist who needs to seek serious help. Why we are giving a book a shitty rating because the MC is shitty is crazy to me because sometimes that’s the literal point of the book. You don’t have to like him and maybe it’s not your thing but the book itself is good. It’s a “diary” of a mad man essentially. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

xoxo_emmalynn's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

This book is quite literally one of the most difficult books to get through. The actual writing is awful and there really no point to the story. The main character and author I’m assuming is whiny and annoying throughout the whole book. Honestly almost DNF the writing was so bad. The main character when on many tangents about unimportant information that doesn’t help progress the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

aubreyykuz'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

never read this

meridith_bex's review against another edition

Life is far too short to read this book. The writing mechanics are terrible, the style is unorganized and rambling, and this narrator's story/life is just frankly uninteresting. He's boring and the writing lacks any sort of insight. It's kind of hilarious that the author is so narcissistic that he thinks his life would be interesting to other people. No thanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Consists of self-centered paranoid delusions, self-hate, and misogyny with a sprinkling of white supremacy.

jenna_rae13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

megd07's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.0

This book will forever stick with me for all the wrong reasons. It is not a literary masterpiece, nor is it inspiring, however it is psychologically thought-provoking and opens your eyes to the misogynistic ideals that some people have in life.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, and Rape

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

abookbitch'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

umarshahzad's review against another edition

It was really disturbing of how a person would think of hurting girls like that. As Jack Edwards said “it wants to be like Lolita so bad”. It fails to explore the women in another way other than them being commodities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

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