Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

459 reviews

amaia92's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Suicide

droggelbecher42's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

kateormerod'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

4.0

I liked it and also understand why people would not like it. For me it felt very nostalgic for the transition to womanhood and all the depression and countless other symptoms that came with it. I enjoyed the black comedy and satire. Fight Club for the girlies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Abortion

This book has almost every single content warning

paradicsomleves's review against another edition

reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kikalox's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Abortion

rumay's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault

lvwieland's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

thisbookrox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

i thought i’d like this a lot more than i did. the ending was forced, and the main character was extremely unlikeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

emmaemooney's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked the sort of philosophical/mythological quality of this character and her experiment, but also found her to be not fully formed. Like the majority of the time, I sensed that she was 100% committed to her drug addiction-bit, if you will, but then I would be surprised by a sprinkle of optimism that didn’t seem natural to her. Certainly, her positive outlook at the end did not feel like a realistic conclusion. But then again, she does feel like a mythic being and the story a cautionary tale of some kind, so in that sense I understand that the rules of reality don’t totally apply in this universe. Overall, certainly a thought provoking read. And I did love the spot on descriptions of clout-chasing artists and their ridiculous creative projects lol

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol