Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

18 reviews

jedisuckerpunch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

 3 stars even though i liked the book. i think I'm over this dark phase of ottessa moshfegh. everything I've read so far has characters that reveal their truest, darkest side, and it's too real sometimes. doesn't do well for my mental health.

she's a spectacular write, brilliant, to be able to capture characters like that. i read an interview where she said she was glad to be done writing mcglue, it was a dark time for her as well. and it truly is.

the book is about a drunk sailor who wakes up only to be found accused for the murder of one his closest friends. he does or does not recall murdering him. and the whole book is written from his perspective, him being drunk, sobering, failing, an it feels like a fever dream. no, it actually feels like trying to go through a foggy mind, while drunk - throughout the whole book. its amazes me how she can capture that feeling and make the reader feel nauseous and drunk while reading it. truly brilliant writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

amynoelle'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Homophobia and Racial slurs

youngluteplayer's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction

kaymichelle's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction

rogueoneapologist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Addiction, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, and Murder

crow6e098's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Addiction

myrtosfullybooked's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

McGlue, Ottessa Moshfegh

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Addiction

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

This book is about 40 pages too long. And what I mean is the 40 pages where f*g is splattered across the page should have been heavily edited. Also, shoehorned racism and an unnecessary drop of the hard r n-word. 

Moshfegh is a gifted writer, the last hundred pages reflect this, but I haven’t come  across such an ‘edgy’ woman in a very long time. “Oh, she’s raw, she tells it like it is,” can happen without the flippant use of slurs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Addiction, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, and Misogyny

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Classism, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

joe_dmh's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence