Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

143 reviews

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

nora333's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Animal death

charnyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

soswiin's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

no plot just three hundred pages of unfathomable levels of drug abuse

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

celinamrr's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

katiecatlady's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

A brilliant homage to women in the early 2000s

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Vomit, Addiction, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion

tsnhjhn'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

4.0

that was a journey.

first, narrator was so incredibly unlikeable and privileged but she was aware of it and accepted it so that was kinda a lil refreshing to read even tho it did get annoying at times.

also i actually liked reva even tho she was whiny and annoying in the narrators eyes, she grew on me
this book is def a clear satire and i ended up enjoying most of it even tho it was repetitive; it was also v funny—the narrator’s selfish thoughts and dr tuttle’s clear inability to be a therapist.

however, even tho ik it is a satire of privileged rich white women, the use of slurs and weird racist stereotypes just left a bad taste in my mouth. also some of the things she did were just too much for me like reva truly did try so hard for her so it only makes sense that she wouldn’t after the narrator

has her rebirth moment

also

reva’s ending :(( i knew as soon as she started working at the twin towers in 2001 but i was most surprised to see that the narrator actually cared. actually it’s quite sad that the narrator ended a year of grieving for her parents, for the loss of her relationship w trevor, only to lose reva

overall though, the writing was gorgeous, the humor was brilliant, the narrators depression was accurately represented, and the book was easy to read after a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Ableism, and Abortion

girlnebula's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cancer, Addiction, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gaslighting and Classism

hnnh_bug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

Incredible writing. Intense trigger warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Medical content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Grief, Animal death, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Confinement, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion

marinapaso11's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cancer