Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Not only is the main narrator the most unlikable character I have ever had the displeasure of reading, the writing itself is awful. The plot meanders aimlessly and jumps around. There are no interesting concepts as everything is very suface level and it is very poorly executed.

The best thing to come out of this is that the illegal online version of this book I was reading would sometimes glitch out meaning I got to skip parts of the book.

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seth5678's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-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

It's a bit hard to get through because the main character is very unlovable, but the book is written in a very captivating and novel way.

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swinevenus's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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viviette's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Well, at least this wasn’t boring! I like to think this book is actually a letter to the authors self as the entire book seemed to be written out of self pity. He claims he’s a bad person only to 5 seconds later repute “I don’t deserve this!!!” and exclaim how oh so sad his life is when meanwhile he’s making 300k per year and living in a mansion and, in his words not mine, is surrounded by “beauts.” just MOST are married. I mean everything about the ended screams ‘FEEL BAD FOR ME!’ but uhhh no buddy, you brought this on yourself and you know it you’re just twisting the story to favor yourself. He was in a good relationship with a woman he claimed to love in the beginning but then ruined it. Then halfway through talked about the quote “love of his life” who ended it herself probably after learning he’s a misogynistic idiot (though he leaves that part out) but said they can be friends!!! For some reason he thinks him being a ‘friend’ means she hates him?? I mean what the heck. Even if she did it on purpose like he said to hurt him it wasn’t even that cruel compared to his actions!!! This is like an “Am I the a-hole?” Reddit story when they’re OBVIOUSLY the a-hole. And in this case the author should delete the post…

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