Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous

32 reviews

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

mializa_mk's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Violence

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

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Alcoholism, and Addiction

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

applesodaperson's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

Read this book if you want to hear a privileged white man whine and complain about his super successful life while also hating women a lot and wishing actual violence and pain on them and also being an alcoholic! He also is extremely hypocritical, getting angry at women for playing him when he has done that multiple times and worse to women. Aww waa waa a girl screwed you over boo hoo :( . The fact that it is supposedly an autobiography (which I am not sure I believe) makes me a bit ill, because I am also currently reading Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates, so I know that even if this book is fictional, men who behave and think exactly like this really do exist in the modern world (which is terrifying). And this book isn't even misogynistic in a social commentary way, just in a "this guy sucks so bad" kind of way. But yeah I can agree that this guy has been wasting oxygen his whole life! Overall, I regret reading it, even though it was kind of enjoyable at some points in a Nihilistic way.

Read from the Provo library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Racism

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

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