Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Mijn jaar van rust en kalmte by Ottessa Moshfegh

138 reviews

marmorienkeli's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

If you read a book about someone sleeping and popping pills for an entire year, very surprisingly it is not going to be interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Animal death

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

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

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

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

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

Minor: Abortion

matschflamingo's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Sexual harassment

tmitsock's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I devoured this book in two days. It was brilliantly written. Definitely could be triggering to some. I love Moshfegh’s writing and will definitely read some other work by her. 
It was almost a hypnotic read. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Abortion

Minor: Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

caseybeis's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Abortion, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

iulia619's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Grief, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Mental illness, Abortion, and Eating disorder

hex_agon'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Vomit, Body shaming, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Death of parent, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

cherries_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Addiction, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, Classism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

mentions of 9/11 and terrorism

cephala'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: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Animal death, Cancer, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Alcoholism