Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Nostalgia de otro mundo by Ottessa Moshfegh

22 reviews

weaverca's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

I've been in such a reading slump this summer, but since I'm always looking to find a good beach read, I thought I would give this a try since it's an anthology of short stories and figured those would keep me occupied better than a full-length novel. Unfortunately, a lot of them were very hit or miss for me. I loved Bettering Myself, The Beach Boy, and Nothing Ever Happens Here, but other than that I wasn't terribly impressed with the rest. Whether it was the overt usage of slurs and other distasteful language, the way the characters seemed repetitive which made the stories fall flat, or the abrupt and unclear endings, it seems there were a handful of reasons why I didn't enjoy this book as much as I'd hoped. In the end, I only gave this book three stars, as I do have to give Ottessa credit for her writing style which paints an adequate mental image in terms of the setting and characters, keeping the reader interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Drug use, and Ableism

Moderate: Fatphobia and Misogyny

Minor: Self harm, Murder, and Sexual content

reginahafner_'s review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming

zoemenon's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

jillybooks's review against another edition

dark funny reflective relaxing 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

4.25

Moshfegh writes with such a distinctive, witty voice that makes each story gripping. Her humor and messiness of her characters were the clear highlights of the book. However, her characters’ “messiness” does not excuse the blatant ableism, racism, homophobia, and overuse of slurs shoved into every story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Transphobia, and Drug use

shlbee's review against another edition

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

althebookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Addiction

pclairx's review against another edition

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

rredreece's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Really liked this- i generally like short stories and Moshfegh’s writing style is really cool! There was only one story i didnt like, but one thing i didnt like over the whole book is a strange fixation on the description of fat people? it’s like they were used to make the stories sound more grotesque or something because almost every story has a overly “gross” depiction of a fat person

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Misogyny

sophhieee's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

jordannikol's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship