Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

468 reviews

thealbapoems'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Hm, this was… a read. I bought this book after seeing it everywhere, and because I felt like after my back surgery it could maybe resonate with me a little more? Having to stay inside, lay down, sleep, etc. But it did not resonate with me at all. I don’t know I didn’t analyze it very much, but it all just felt very sensationalist, it’s a story I feel like I’ve read before, only the main character hibernates for a year. I found it unsettling how much focus there was on the main character’s appearance, how pretty she is, how thin and blonde and rich. Maybe it was done on purpose to showcase how much she had internalized what other people thought of her upon meeting her. Not sure. I didn’t find the relationships between the characters believable, and the plot left me somewhat indifferent. That being said, if there is something that surprised me about this book is the voice. How well constructed it is, how well it carries the readers through the life of this frankly unlikeable person. It felt like a personification of intrusive thoughts. Now that I think about it I couldn't name the main character if I wanted. Might have been a bit of a Rebecca moment. Anyway, read it if you would like to explore what it would be like to give in to your intrusive thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

mariavdl's review against another edition

dark sad

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Death of parent, Cancer, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion

amyford's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Addiction, Medical content, Suicide, Bullying, Drug abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Excrement

teresarosereads's review against another edition

dark reflective sad

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

4.0

Such a fascinating concept and perspective to read from! The main character is completely unrelatable considering she is very privileged and wealthy enough to spend an entire year sleeping and shutting herself away. She was often an insufferable character to read from and treated those around her poorly. Nonetheless, her experiences with depression were conveyed in such a way that glued me to the book to see what would happen next. This book was strange and dark and completely captivating. I definitely want to pick up more of Moshfegh's works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

anh_read's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

The main character is unhinged and at times very problematic and insufferable. But as a reader, one could sympathize with her. 

Yet, it was such a “fun” read. The novel gives great insight into the mind of a troubled and depressed person. But I was sometimes worried that this novel glamorized mental illnesses (as if being depressed was equal to being edgy). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Abortion, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

allysm0llbean's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

houseofjules'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

3.25

Had high hopes for this one, but it extremely average and not a lot happened. Hoping to have a better experience with her other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Cancer, Sexual content, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abortion, Death, Confinement, and Alcohol

cosmicjuli's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Body shaming

kateabkemeier's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

The second half of the book really picked up (around chapter 5) and I couldn’t put the book down until the end. It reminded me a lot of the sort of looping plot of Nomadland where there really was no destination for the MC, nor did she have a name as I just realized. I knew it would end at the event it eventually did but I didn’t think it would be as poetic as it turned out to be. My only critique is how much Whoopi Goldberg was brought up because it reminded me of Ellen being mentioned in it ends with us too much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Drug use