Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Mój rok relaksu i odpoczynku by Ottessa Moshfegh

1173 reviews

whatsamanthadoes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

I have lots of conflicting thoughts about this book. It somehow had me comparing my feelings after watching the movie Saltburn - I just saw an amazing spectacle, but I feel desolate and bereft and I want to continue to stay here and feel that.

But oh my, this girl perfected the act of girl rot. It as almost to the point where she didn't need to learn any lessons, she just transformed. This made cheering for someone when they refused to be an underdog in their own rock bottom difficult. 

This book shows a very real depiction of depression and how it affects those around you. There was also her opposite, Reva - whom she hated to love or loved to hate (hard to say). Reva seemed to deal with grief differently, but maybe just as problematically.

I wish I understood the historic event in the end. Why did the story lead Reva there?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Classism, Vomit, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Excrement, Antisemitism, and Abortion

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

queerfucker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

The thought stung. I still couldn't accept that Trevor was a loser and a moron. I didn't want to believe that I could have degraded myself for someone who didn't deserve it. I was still stuck on that bit of vanity. But I was determined to sleep it away.

She’s just a girl in the world guys. She’s a terrible person and i like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Cancer and Eating disorder

neonlaurin's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Cancer

Minor: Vomit

zorra's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

Some books exaggerate and reflect the worst parts of you. This one did just that. The book is a very hard to explain kind of confrontation if you haven’t had some sort of relationship with mental illness. It’s also hatefully reflective of the current reality of a lot of young adults where honestly a year of sleep sounds very enticing. 

The end was personally definitely a little underwhelming. The 9/11 montage overlaying a sense of forced self actualisation? It seemed to undercut the book as a whole and didn’t seem quite worth the payoff.

A part of me wants to read this again but stop just over a chapter from the end. Then again I may sit with it longer and change my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit

pushik's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

vertibravia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.25

a surprisingly thrilling read for a book with few characters, few settings, and few hours spent fully conscious 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Vomit, Eating disorder, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, Cancer, and Pregnancy

katilh's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

did you know that pretty privileged people can be depressed too?
the ending felt unearned, superficial, cheap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

xoxo_gossipgirl's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

While the ending felt somewhat rushed, the story was an interesting example of an unreliable, jaded narrator who can't face their own emotions. The main character's transformation is a leap yet still based in judgment and a perspective on humanity that seems dissociated. Lots of complex characters, but we see them through the main character's angst veil. But past that veil, you can see redeeming qualities in most of the characters, including the main one. They're very human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Abortion