Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

142 reviews

gramosound's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Death of parent

leah_powers13'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

3.5

I really enjoyed the way we got to see the character as a former child, living off inheritance from her dead parents, and how she feels nothing about that. We got to to see how the rich spend their money, but as someone who does not want material things, so instead they spend it on material medications. The issues I had with the book were that some descriptions used to further the plot <like when she was in Reva's basement and couldn't sleep> seemed long and dragged on to me. I also thought the ending to be sad in terms of the real life event it was describing, but made sense for the character to feel that way. Lastly, the only other thing was the language about a child with autism. I guess during 2001 people cared less but I still didn't like reading it. Overall, I really enjoyed the character and what she did to hopefully rediscover her emotions!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal death, and Drug abuse

readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Classism, Homophobia, and War

ends with description of 9/11 and someone jumping out of the North Tower

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

micki138'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Mental illness

aleshiabev's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

pippawig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Fatphobia

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

kokiribell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, and Body shaming

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