Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

53 reviews

yogomagpie's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

Not my favorite read of the year but it held my attention until the last page. I love Moshfegh’s writing, even when becomes so disgusting. This is a collection of stories about people who carry some amount of misery, all of whom have flaws. I strongly disliked most of the characters, but I couldn’t put the book down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Mental illness and Miscarriage

Minor: Excrement, Stalking, Vomit, and Self harm

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

vivica's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.0

I wanted to give this book 2 stars, but the very last story broke my heart to pieces, and it's for these emotions that I give this book 3 stars. However it if far from perfect - the author writes like a man who read a little bit too much of Bukowski's prose and let it get into his head. To say the least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Ableism

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Misogyny, Grief, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

sydneybooks13's review

2.75

There were three or four stories I really liked in this, but overall they were not great imo. I think I need more time with Ottessa’s characters to get as much out of them as I have her novels. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

equintard's review

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

Ottessa really knows how to write and in general she Gets It, but I wish she’d ditch the fatphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

morggorg's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

ardour's review

ottessa being convinced that she can be revoltingly fatphobic and it’ll somehow keep passing as her “”””abject”””” writing style is very clear in this one.

got up to the story “slumming” and felt so gross to keep humouring her ~*problematic narrators*~ that i literally had to stop.

‘Lapvona’ was so much better & finds many other ways to do abject—this book made it glaringly obvious that she has trouble restraining her own obsession with others’ weight & condescending view of fat people when she’s creating new characters. A book of short stories coming back to these attitudes again and again with new and supposedly different characters became kind of like a bad joke to me  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Ableism, and Xenophobia

readbycarina's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Vomit

cg_63's review

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia