Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

363 reviews

ams5x9's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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

2.5

This was hard to get through…The main character is pretty miserable. The last 1% of the book had the smallest redemption/semblance of humanity. And holy depression (pills) and drug use, Batman! This book had more normal, everyday villains than any other book that comes to mind. An interesting look into the mind of a brain I’m very glad not to inhabit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

il0vepasta's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Dysphoria

listette's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

I’m not sure how I feel about the book. It was well narrated and written but the main character is infuriating till the last page and her point of view very narrow and shallow. 
It is difficult to read a book where there are very few characters with redeeming qualities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

refrejarator's review

dark emotional reflective 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

1.5

This came highly recommended to me, but I found it really underwhelming. I didn't really feel a point to any of it, and everything felt rather predictable. 

I personally love dark and unhinged female characters, but this character lacked depth. Everything felt overdone and shallow, and the ending (which I saw coming from very early on) was so rushed, but it made me grateful because it meant it was the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

One mention of the slur "retard" referring to an autistic child.

tashiface's review

dark emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ireenemc's review

reflective 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

3.25

now I know an absurd amount of sleep inducing drugs

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

whoisskadii's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

thebranchlibrary_'s review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

justjessing's review

emotional reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

khartke's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

This was a grueling read with a detestable main character and disgusting events. I could barely put it down. I found it well written, stuffed (over-stuffed?) with references and connections to other works so the themes were always exploding outwards in many directions. Honestly not sure how sincerely I should take

the inner peace at the end as a sign of redemption

but I found it to be pretty satisfactory. I feel like this demands a reread but I'll have to muster up some major fortitude before I can attempt it. I read the back 2/3 in quarantine which definitely contributed to the atmosphere, Would recommend if you have COVID. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Abortion