Reviews tagging 'War'
Mein Jahr der Ruhe und Entspannung by Anke Caroline Burger, Ottessa Moshfegh
12 reviews
annaderriere's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: War and Terminal illness
Minor: Sexual assault and Racism
sadiaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Grief, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Confinement, War, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, and Cancer
spooderman's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Vomit, Animal death, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Mental illness, Abandonment, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: War, Racism, Cursing, Abortion, Miscarriage, Classism, Confinement, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content
pineapplesunshine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, War, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Classism, Cancer, Body shaming, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism
readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Classism, Homophobia, and War
Spoiler
ends with description of 9/11 and someone jumping out of the North Towerlauren176's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Mental illness, War, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Addiction, and Eating disorder
makkylikestoread's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Drug use, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Abortion, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Vomit
Minor: Pregnancy, War, and Fatphobia
beckybb0's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Her characters are the only ones that I can tolerate in a 300-ish pages read. They're vapid, annoying, selfish, gross and many other humanistic characters that I've never seen showed much in books I read before. That's why I treasure these writings so much.
I must agree that the ending is a bit sudden. I expect more but I want it to end too so I guess, in the end, I don't really mind how it ends. All in all, fun and very memorable read!
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Vomit
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Sexual assault and War
klor's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Abortion, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Ableism, Sexual harassment, and War
bloohoney's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Then we have Reva, that you also can feel relatable to, once again, for me, and you get hurt by her story and hate how badly the main character speaks of her
Spoiler
like the whole book deals with heavy subjects in a detached way but in the end it's like "wow, life is amazing, yeah, after a whole year drugged up i didn't develops an addiction even tho I threatened my best friend tho kill her bc she cares about me and took my pills away once....at least I think she did, i don't know, maybe i willingly gave them to her while I was out of it, hehe. So yeah, oh look the people in the park are so happy, I'm also happy, i magically have my shit together".......like wtfSpoiler
so yeah, that's it, highly recommend.Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and War