Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

43 reviews

ariadnacaast's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

makenzie_rois's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

egmamaril's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Ableism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Abortion

oracle's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Fatphobia

Minor: Abortion and Cancer

kate_b's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Body shaming

Minor: Cancer

katiemack's review against another edition

dark 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

2.25

This is not something I would pick to read, but I felt obligated to try it for my local library's book club---plus, I really enjoyed My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The concept also intrigued me enough to finish the book.

While this has some depth and poignancy as a reflection of loneliness and its effects on the human psyche, I had a hard time reading it. The focus is not clear--I know it's because of the protagonist's mental state, but it didn't work for me--and the narrative is brutal. There's an intentional killing of an animal that's particularly unpalatable.

If you're looking for something different, you can give this one a try; it just isn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

_lesh_'s review against another edition

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

2.25

aside from being meh...the main characther is very very fatphobic,,, also she makes really weird asumtions about Eastern europe and as a slavic person myself it just made me sad,, such stupid steriotypes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, and Fatphobia

stinkymilky's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

alaskaisback's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Medical content

sarahasyouwish's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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

3.75

There are many things about this book which I admired and appreciated for their clever intent and the talent required to execute them. There are also many things about this book that I found less than enjoyable to read. We follow 72 year-old Vesta after she discovers a mysterious note about the dead body of a woman named Magda. This note leads Vesta to conjure a detailed backstory for Magda as well as what her life was like and who would have wanted to kill Magda. Vesta, who lives an extremely isolated life by her own choice, becomes utterly consumed with Magda and crafting her story. As the reader we are almost entirely in Vesta’s head as her conjecture turns into her truth, and through her recounted memories, we learn Vesta has lived her life much the same way, letting her assumptions and conjecture shape what she believes to be true about those around her. Being in Vesta’s head was frustrating at times, and the middle of this book (As Vesta notes about mystery books) definitely dragged for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming