Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

82 reviews

kiaragennaro's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

leapyear_reader's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Rape, and Classism

maelysrqs's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abortion

soswiin's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.0

no plot just three hundred pages of unfathomable levels of drug abuse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

girlnebula's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gaslighting and Classism

marinapaso11's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Abortion, Abandonment, and Classism

embre's review

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement and Racism

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

aykdanroyd's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Excrement, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest and Classism

Additional trigger/content warnings:

9/11 attacks and a sexual encounter that I consider to be very non-consensual (but that is not conveyed as such by the narrator, who experiences it). The incest is mentioned in passing about off-screen characters.

softerspot's review

dark reflective sad 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

4.25

I felt the protagonists were, while not likable, loveable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail