Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ett år av vila och avkoppling by Ottessa Moshfegh, Alva Dahl

861 reviews

houseofjules's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.25

Had high hopes for this one, but it extremely average and not a lot happened. Hoping to have a better experience with her other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Cancer, Sexual content, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abortion, Death, Confinement, and Alcohol

ciiryah's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Excrement, and Confinement

shrineofyourlies's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.0

If The Bell Jar was written in 2000/2001. This heroine made me wonder if I had been too hard on Sylvia Plath's Esther. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic friendship

iulia619's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Grief, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Mental illness, Abortion, and Eating disorder

robi_locksley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

3.75

Very dark, but surprisingly funny. I laughed out loud in public several times while listening to the audiobook. 

Moshfegh perfectly captures the desire to just step into a new life. The deep self-loathing that makes a person desperate to wake up as a new person. 

The desperation of addiction is also written perfectly.

When Riva takes the narrator's pills, the narrator's reaction is extremely accurate to a real addict's. Tearing apart her apartment to find anything, imagining taking the pills to try and satisfy her mind, the willingness to go to any length to get them back, the way that she cannot think of anything else besides her addiction. It's harrowing to read if you've ever experienced addiction yourself or been close to someone who has.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

harley_f's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.5

Feels like a contemporary Catcher in the Rye. Similar to J.D. Salinger's novel I found the side characters much more interesting than our main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship

loz_pie's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, and Sexual content

chidera's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

readbyjaimes's review against another edition

dark 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

This book was batshit

That being said I had a LOT of fun reading it. I would read if you love problematic female mc's. She was honestly such an adventure to read from. I debated over my rating for this book for such a long time because I honestly had no idea what I was going to rate this. I found that when I finished the book I had no idea what had just happened, I felt disoriented and I was suddenly just done with the book. But I realized that was the intention, so I finally decided on a 4⭐️. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

lillihms's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

2.25

bin beim lesen teilweise selbst in hibernation gefallen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Cancer, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion