Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

6 reviews

easybakeoven's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia

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

parton4proletariat's review

this is my third (and honestly, final) attempt at trying to enjoy moshfegh. genuinely do not understand the hype around her work. having characters be horribly racist, ableist, and fatphobic is a low-effort way to make them unlikeable. instead of actually developing these characters, moshfegh just throws in a slur and calls it a day. and it is such a constant theme that it's hard not to assume these are the author's own biases. 

as for the writing, most of it is incredibly dull and gross for the sake of being gross. i did enjoy the writing in the book more than her other works, but all of the characters felt pretty much the same. I love unlikeable characters and gothic-leaning books, but moshfegh just fails to deliver.  cool cover, though.

the vulture article says it best. what the hell is it with her and donuts? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

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

shlbee's review

dark tense 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

3.75

I love unlovable characters, and would have loved this so much more without Moshfegh’s weird and in the words of Roxanne Gay “bizarre and increasingly annoying preoccupation with fat and detailed descriptions of fatness”. Still, Moshfegh knows how to put the worst of us on a page and leave you begging for more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence

beliboville's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence