Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Mein Jahr der Ruhe und Entspannung by Anke Caroline Burger, Ottessa Moshfegh

20 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

cobblestone_crow's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Dysphoria, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Ableism, Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Alcoholism, Cancer, Bullying, Suicide, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Body shaming, Body horror, Abandonment, Rape, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Addiction

porporina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Terminal illness

yeesh97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

mackdaddy's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad slow-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

3.5

My feelings at this stage are complicated. I, like many many people, have often fantasized about a deep sleep or coma that I would go into and come out of free of my anxieties. These fantasies serve as a sweet escape from the reality of life. But this book might take that fantasy a little too far and then romanticize it in an unhealthy way. It's a love letter to the desire to cease existing for a short period of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

kaemerson2000's review against another edition

Not good for my mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, Grief, Self harm, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Vomit, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Murder, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Medical content

(Uses ableist language)

juliafran's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Hate crime, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Confinement, Cancer, Drug use, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Sexual content

lenka_lenka's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I loved it! There’s something so lonely about the main character, so human. I can see why some people hate the main character, ( that was the purpose ) but i couldn’t help but to root for her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abortion, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

clairemarie00's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Cancer, Body shaming, Addiction, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Drug use