Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

34 reviews

arianaf'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

2.5

Well...eh.
I really like Otessa Moshfegh's writing style, and I think she's incredibly clever, but this collection is a big flop for me. I've been reading these short stories for a month now, and I can barely remember any of them. I didn't feel connected with any of the characters. They're dry and emotionless, and there's an insane amount of fatphobic characters.
That being said, I loved 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' and 'Eileen,' and what I concluded from this experience is that her characters can only work in long-form writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

emilyhunterr's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny

literatur_unterwegs's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, Homophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Body shaming, and Drug use

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

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

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

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

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