Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Mój rok relaksu i odpoczynku by Ottessa Moshfegh

1281 reviews

earofthedog's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia

celisabeth's review against another edition

Stopped reading due to triggering content

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

metchap's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

joanabrt's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

ainsleymm's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Abortion

rosrey's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly I don't know how to feel about this book. I breezed through because of how intrigued I was by the main character and what she was planning even though I didn't like her. I could see why this book is so divise, and although I didn't necessarily like any of the characters, it was refreshing to read about characters that are complicated and morally-grey. 

Although

I could see the 9/11 ending coming from the moment the twin towers were mentioned, I wasn't exactly expecting the protagonists reaction to it to be so... nonchalant. I am a little confused about the whole art thing that happened with Ping Xi was all about, but I found their whole friendship hilarious and absurd.

Overall I liked MY Year of Rest and Relaxation and have already checked out Lapvona to read next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, and Eating disorder

soniaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

3.75

The person at the counter as I was buying said it was one of the strangest books she read this year, and she's 100% right 

The premise is utterly absurd on surface level, however it is a really good look at a woman who is struggling to deal with her griefand depression, and decides that drastic measures are the only way through the burden that she calls life. It was definitely uniquely hilarious at times. Dr tuttle is my favourite character because of how hilariously incompetent she is

I do think the middle was dragging on a bit however it further cements to the readers an accurate depiction of the main characters monotony, the pointlessness she felt. I also do enjoy  unreliable narrator tropes what can I say. I'm not entirely sure about the ending right now, however it definitely was subtly hinted at throughout it which at least didn't make it cheap, but I might retract that at a later day.
 
3.75 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

maxenporter's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

I KNEW 9/11 was the Chekhov’s Gun of the story I FUCKING KNEW IT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

haileyeh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Abortion, and Alcoholism

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness