Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

120 reviews

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

erin_forgie's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

Odd and disturbing 
I literally didn’t like any of the characters, they were all sooo flawed and uninteresting - the main character is the worst. 
Would she be able to do everything she does if she wasn’t white, no. 
And the doctor is awful. She reminds me of amber heards psychologist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

jillianalice'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was surprised at how much I genuinely loved this book. I already want to re-read it. I can see the criticisms that we’re made about this book, but personally, the book was very relatable for me. The book gave a real look at types of depression and how different people cope with their grief. I also love books that describe every day, mundane things in an interesting manner, and the prose of this book does it very well. The psychiatrist was hilarious, I don’t think I’ve run across such a perfectly scattered and absurd character before. The ending was also interesting and unexpectedly tied historical events into the final chapter. I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone because it can definitely be triggering and the characters may be annoying to many people, but I love this book and will be re-reading it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Chronic illness

aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness

lilydoyle6's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

honestly, who can sum it up better than 
<ahref="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3134695611">emma?</a>

life is hard & exhausting & there's something new everyday. the idea of taking a year of rest and relaxation - although not to this extreme - sounds extremely appealing. but unfortunately for me, i don't have a trust fund nor the

questionable psychiatrist willing to rx me copious amounts of pills

to fallback on. so alas, i'll keep trucking along exhausted. 

this protagonist is extremely unlikeable but i think that's the point. life is about making the best of and making it through hard moments but also embracing those random bursts of joy, awe, courage. this book shows this through the entire premise even though the character doesn't do much. i think it could've been ~50-60 less pages and could've gotten to that final commitment to rest a little sooner. 

a book i will be thinking about for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Medical content, Vomit, and Cancer

kirabeez's review against another edition

dark funny 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Medical content

Minor: Death

after i read this book i went into a depressive episode. whether the cause of it was the book or some other reason i have no clue.

milliewhattt's review against another edition

The book is good. It just depicts depression too realistically for me right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

hannibanani29's review against another edition

dark 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: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Cancer

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Excrement, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Antisemitism, and Abortion

luckykosmos's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

I see now the love for Moshfegh, and I do intend to read other works of hers. The narrator is jaded past the point of rationality and takes it out on her few remaining loved one, and takes advantage of a profit-first health provider because of a disinterest in actual improvement. If you don't enjoy 'unlikeable' narrators, this one may not be for you, but it was definitely for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Medical content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

literary_library's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

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4.25/5

This book was funny while sad at the same time. The unnamed main character is incredibly rude and hateable and I loved every second of it. My favourite part of the book was 100% the ending, where the main character comes out of hibernation and has a new look at life. She's happier, nicer and just seems to be in a really good place.

My least favourite part of this was the casual way the main character describes Reva's bulimia. Along with the use of the "r" word. I get that it was 2001, but it still left a bad taste in my mouth.
Another thing, I think that the last interaction with Trevor should've been more alarming for the main character. I understand that when she takes pills she blacks out and is still walking around and such, but I'm sure she seemed like she was on something (bc she was). 

I really hope that Reva is okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts