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Mein Jahr der Ruhe und Entspannung by Anke Caroline Burger, Ottessa Moshfegh
204 reviews
zaraha'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
rionstorm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abortion, and Pregnancy
nessafurtado's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
No plot just a deep reflection on life, depression and holding something for too long for the sake of it.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
kirkspockreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Pregnancy
leafy_literature's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
icefairy'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
potatereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
liz_rath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
If this had just been the last chapter I'd have given it a much higher rating, but the way it is I feel like it's just very deeply mid. Don't read this if you don't like unlikeable protagonists though or it will feel like torture.
Honestly the book seemed deeply confused about it's themes becauee unless the intended take away was "If you're unhappy with your life and suffer from depression Jus continue being a shitty person refusing to cope with your issues abouse a bunch of drugs and your attitude and life will magically fix themselves eventually" then it was lost. If that was supposed to be the take away then "Uh weird message bro, but sure". I liked the whole disaffected Millenial stick but it did not carry a whole book. At times it felt more like I was reading a character bible instead of a story. And with how it ends, her plan just working no real twists or curveballs, I was just left wondering what the point was.
Like I'm not one to demand a classic american story structure. You just had a cool quick idea and protagonist doesn't change substatially or learn anything by the end - fine by me. But we did not need so many words to tell this story (and I am using the term very liberally here) and the thing doesn't have that many words to begin with.
But whatever the prose was competent and it was a very quick read.
Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Gaslighting and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism
itsmaren'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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
avokaitotoast'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
3.5
Short Review (TL;DR):
- Felt very guilty pleasure — not a lot of substance, but enjoyable
- Hated everyone, but also loved to hate them
- Sprinkle of female friendships and mother-daughter relationship analysis
Based on the cover I had expected something a little bit more intellectual or something with a bit more grit: this book was not that. It was, however, a very enjoyable read.
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent