Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

120 reviews

angelicabevelle'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Eating disorder

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Classism, Medical content, Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Mental illness, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Sexual content

selireads'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

Idk. I've got a kind of a love/hate thing with this book. It was very sad and the character was so pretentious and unlikable. I couldn't stop reading but I hated reading it if that makes sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexual content

lenka_lenka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I loved it! There’s something so lonely about the main character, so human. I can see why some people hate the main character, ( that was the purpose ) but i couldn’t help but to root for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abortion, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

ellietodd08's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion

mori1zz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

2.5

just pure misery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

evakonic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

This book is quite a heavy read of a quite complex and unlikable main character. It may be very triggering.

sylvestra'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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Mental illness

sop17hie's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective 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

4.25

I feel calm and connected with the character after finishing the book. Bleak and aggressively unfiltered at times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Medical content, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Drug use, Body shaming, Alcohol, Addiction, and Abortion

bill369's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.0

I got this book for my birthday.

The characters are intriguing, in my opinion, and well-written. I do understand their motives, but they aren't sympathetic enough. I am not fond of them.

After a tremendous amount of unpleasant events, the protagonist decides to start over. Therefore, she tries to hibernate for a year using drugs. Cool idea. I simply find the whole plot quite tedious.

Page 122, the only antidote.
 

Utvrdila jsem se, že odmítnutí člověku slouží jako jediný protijed na klamné představy.

 

I like the end. I'm glad the protagonist found peace.

Mediocre book. There are parts I liked more, however, I could get around without ever reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Dysphoria, Infertility, Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy