Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

18 reviews

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

kia_y_k's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Misogyny

casualvamp's review

dark funny mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, and Sexual content

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

jennyshelby's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Body shaming, Cursing, Alcoholism, Racism, and Sexism

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Misogyny

bananabeard812's review

medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Ableism, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Self harm

gentryward's review

dark tense slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Eating disorder, and Alcoholism

ericj32's review

dark sad medium-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

1.25

Overall, the writing is simple, blunt, and erratic - kind of degrading to read.  Lots of sad, sloppy, angry people looking for sex or some kind of warped version of happiness (usually just sex, though).  Nothing really enjoyable or interesting about this for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Misogyny