Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Mój rok relaksu i odpoczynku by Ottessa Moshfegh

374 reviews

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

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

_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

sestout's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Addiction

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Drug abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, and Toxic friendship

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

nie mam pojęcia co myśleć. ta książka była tak ekscentryczna, dziwna, wprawianąca w osłupienie, ale jednocześnie bliska, znana. zakończenie zupełnie zbiło mnie z tropu. i to w taki sposób, że nie wiem, czy się z tego cieszę. nie wiem też, czy tę książkę dałoby się dobrze (w znaczeniu: kunsztownie) zakończyć. będę pewnie jeszcze kilka dni kminić

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcoholism

pil4r's review against another edition

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

3.75

Creo que Mi año de descanso y relajación es un buen libro tanto así como creo que no es una lectura para cualquiera.
Su sinopsis es bizarra y los lugares a los que la prosa nos va llevando se sostienen igualmente bizarros -y siempre distintos a los que yo esperaba o imaginaba-. Al mismo tiempo, Moshfegh construye personajes, en especial aquellos femeninos, tan irritables y deprimentes como complejos e interesantes. La construcción de sus voces y sus cuestionables e intrincadas acciones se consolida a lo largo de toda la novela como el fuerte de la autora, como el elemento clave que alimenta y atraca las ganas de continuar leyendo.
No puedo decir que la obra me encantó pero creo que porque, principalmente, no es mi tipo de lectura predilecta. El existencialismo y la depresión se retroalimentan, estructuran y pintan de gris toda la narrativa. Esto, por momentos, erige un tono de tristeza y vacío que me resultó un poco díficil de digerir a través de una protagonista con la que la identificación sólo se posibilita a partir de lugares oscuros y desagradables. 
De todas formas, este libro despierta muchos sentimientos, genera muchas preguntas y continua resonando; y, aunque no necesariamente lo hace dentro del campo de lo agradable, el impacto lo hace una obra, al menos, atractiva.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abortion, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

I fail to see why this book was such a sensation. It was possible one is the worst uses of my time. It had no point whatsoever, which is probably the way I would describe every single character too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Abortion, Cancer, Suicide, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

kaithebookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

reflective sad tense 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

4.0

The last chapter of the book is worth the first 20 percent of me going “what the hell is this character doing.” I had no idea what to expect, and somehow I was still blown away by the ending. And yet, this is still a deeply weird book. I don’t think this is a must read for everyone, because I think it attracts a very specific audience. But if you read the first two chapters and think “I need to see where this goes,” you’re not going to put it down after that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Suicide

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Sexual content

madlpine's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Addiction, and Terminal illness