Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

142 reviews

janisgoblin's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

Hated the ending with a fiery, burning passion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Don’t bother

nesxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

lilalhreads'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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Drug use, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Abortion

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Ableism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Classism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, and Mental illness

dms3899's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Vomit, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Death, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Abortion, and Body shaming

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

this book was a breath of fresh air. i have never read anything like it. the main character is unnamed and entirely unlikeable (save for a few snide comments here and there), and the plot lulled at multiple points throughout the novel. however, moshfegh did a wonderful job at conveying an utter sense of despair in her protagonist; not once did i think this character wanted to live another day. i really enjoyed the ending, specifically moshfegh’s style of writing and vibrant choice of words.

i knew reva was going to die the moment she got transferred to the towers, but that last little chapter still stung. even though reva is barely likable, moshfegh did such a great job building her and the protagonist’s relationship that i hurt for the protagonist when reading chapter eight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Dysphoria, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism

grunbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Crying, screaming, throwing up. This book was something of a slog to start with, but pulled me in in the second half. I can only describe my feeling after finishing it as shook.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Medical content, Animal death, Drug use, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Sexual content

reneeandreea's review against another edition

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

2.75

Honestly, I don’t get the hype. The best parts were the

“Infermiterol” experiment and the visit to Reva’s family home.

This was fully sitting at 3 stars until the very end. I think Moshfegh ruined it all in the last page. Nothing negative to be said for the quality of writing. This was just boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Addiction, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Infidelity, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Excrement, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abortion

disasterdump's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Alcohol, Mental illness, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Abortion, Death of parent, Excrement, Pregnancy, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, and Medical content

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

3.75

There’s literally no way to describe this book to anyone wanting to read it. It’s not light, the main character is certainly not lovable but you’ll lap up every page.

Fight Club for the girlies. Sylvia Plath you would have loved this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Excrement, Abortion, and Chronic illness