Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

14 reviews

acgeorge's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexism, Self harm, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

bucklink's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

most of the stories were bad. i think I only liked the two before the last one, but man it is very funny. i swear half my camera roll now is just the stupid things like monkey dreaming and toxic burger king pee.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder

atiek's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.25

These stories were meh, but still new, just a tad bit overbearing like all of Moshfegh's characters are.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Drug use, and Sexism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Animal death, and Classism

tessa_specchio's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

definitely more than a little grotesque. i felt kind of nauseous. huge impact though 
grotesque in a good way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Stalking, Eating disorder, Addiction, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

marianneiriss's review

I don’t generally read short stories but I thought I’d try these as everyone seems to love them, got about half way through and I still wasn’t enjoying it enough to continue reading despite the  slightly unnecessary amount of graphic stuff - would’ve carried on if the graphic descriptions had been relevant and/or the stories interesting but I found the style irritating overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

orangesquidbooks's review

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Grief, Death, Addiction, Fatphobia, Violence, Sexual content, Self harm, and Drug use

margozaldivar's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction

meliacoletta's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

pclairx's review

dark 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

2.0

At this point, after reading multiple works, I am a little weary of the repetitive fatphobia and ableism (lots of r-slurs used) that occurs throughout Moshfegh's works, often not adding to the story in a meaningful way. The stories in this book were pretty redundant between each other and other works. Having unlikable characters can be interesting and dynamic, but this just made me feel gross, so not my cup of tea.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug use