Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Il mio anno di riposo e oblio by Ottessa Moshfegh, Gioia Guerzoni

27 reviews

ella_mai_46's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.5

amazing book, but very slow paced and quite long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual assault

bloohoney's review against another edition

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

rebeccahensley's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.5

let the record show that I HATED this book.  And I generally like plotless books about sad, somewhat unlikeable women in their 20s...

This book was such a slog to get through, especially the middle.  It truly put me to sleep better than any of the myriad of sleeping pills featured in (and weirdly endorsed by) this book and put me in a reading slump.  

I got the sense that Ottessa Moshfegh was trying to make this book as provocative as possible (which it definitely was, I just don't really vibe with that approach).  The casual racism, ableism, sexism, and homophobia served no purpose except to solidify my intense dislike for both Moshfegh and our vile, unfeeling narrator.  I've never read a book before where I hated every single character with every fiber of my being.  Reva did deserve a better friend despite her personal flaws.

The reason I gave this 1.5 stars instead of 1 is because Dr. Tuttle is so ridiculous and unhinged she became funny to me - i.e. "I've heard from several esteemed colleagues in Brazil that regular Infermiterol use can activate a profound tectonic displacement.  Followed up with some filigree work using low doses of aspirin and astral projecting, it's proven to be quite effective in curing solipsistic terror...".  After slogging through the 70 page middle chapter (ugh), the last two real chapters (can't count that cheap last paragraph) were alright (in comparison).

This was so incredibly privileged and pretentious and filled with so many triggers for mental illness I have no idea why people liked this book.  I was even more disappointed in this book due to all the positive hype I'd seen about it, so I'd definitely recommend reading the trigger warnings and thinking about why you want to read this absurd, pointless book before you pick it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Excrement, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

hreads03's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing and Panic attacks/disorders

kat_ewing's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I read this book in 1 day! I was hesitant after reading some online reviews for this (my first mistake) after seeing it on tiktok. But I'm so glad I read it. I can see why people may not have been so taken with it, the main character is hugely unlikeable (so is pretty much everyone else)  but that is not a bad thing at all. I love a flawed character and although she isn't hugely relatable, as someone who's struggled a lot with their mental health, I can relate to many of her very real sentiments for sure.  The drug use is extensive but that is the kind of the whole point of this book. I would recommend this to anyone who think they might enjoy a mix of 'Fleabag' and 'The Bell Jar'. I can draw a few similarities from both of those. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, and Body shaming

malawithmasala's review against another edition

dark funny sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Predictable ending and relatable content during my quarantine period of this global pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and Confinement