Reviews tagging 'War'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

12 reviews

annaderriere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Slow to start. Fleabag-esque depiction of the selfishness and all consuming nature of grief. Despite the title, I felt neither rested nor relaxed- the narrator's response to loss is relatable and almost addictive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: War and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual assault and Racism

sadiaa's review against another edition

dark relaxing

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Grief, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Confinement, War, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, and Cancer

spooderman's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-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: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Vomit, Animal death, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Mental illness, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: War, Racism, Cursing, Abortion, Miscarriage, Classism, Confinement, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

pineapplesunshine's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, War, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Classism, Cancer, Body shaming, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism

readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Classism, Homophobia, and War

ends with description of 9/11 and someone jumping out of the North Tower

lauren176's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Mental illness, War, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Addiction, and Eating disorder

makenna__'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, War, and Fatphobia

beckybb0's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

At the time I read this, I strongly needed a distraction to get a break from a rather hard book. A great distraction it is! I've decided that I love Otessa Moshfegh's writing from Eileen and this. 

Her characters are the only ones that I can tolerate in a 300-ish pages read. They're vapid, annoying, selfish, gross and many other humanistic characters that I've never seen showed much in books I read before. That's why I treasure these writings so much.

I must agree that the ending is a bit sudden. I expect more but I want it to end too so I guess, in the end, I don't really mind how it ends. All in all, fun and very memorable read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and War

klor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.75

For how hyped this book is, I've found it to be one of the most reflective books I've read with human relationships. The good, the bad, the ugly. I love how nuanced almost every line is. The narrator is absolutely unlikable but you can't help but feel for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Abortion, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Sexual harassment, and War

bloohoney's review

dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

She is an asshole that you feel relatable to, well...for me she is, let's be honest, the idea of sleeping for a year on not worrying sounds amazing
Then we have Reva, that you also can feel relatable to, once again, for me, and you get hurt by her story and hate how badly the main character speaks of her

Over all, i loved the book, even tho I despise her. I gave it a .5 because the ending wasn't what I was hoping for or expecting,

like the whole book deals with heavy subjects in a detached way but in the end it's like "wow, life is amazing, yeah, after a whole year drugged up i didn't develops an addiction even tho I threatened my best friend tho kill her bc she cares about me and took my pills away once....at least I think she did, i don't know, maybe i willingly gave them to her while I was out of it, hehe. So yeah, oh look the people in the park are so happy, I'm also happy, i magically have my shit together".......like wtf

so yeah, that's it, highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and War