Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'
Mit år med ro og hvile by Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliane Wammen, Harvey Macaulay, Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild
6 reviews
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
aliciachauhan_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness
petraabrn's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Buku ini lucu dan cukup relatable bagi sebagian orang. Cocok bagi para penyuka tidur, khususnya perempuan karena kesan feminisnya sangat terpancar, namun tersirat (ngerti ga maksudnya? :P). Ceritanya aneh, tetapi saya suka hal yang bizarre!
tapi...
Sebenarnya buku ini tidak punya plot karena cerita mengalir saja, penuh dengan percakapan tak menentu. Ceritanya terkadang membosankan dan kebanyakan hanya menceritakan kisah keseharian si narator. Buku ini slow-paced dan banyak pengulangan. Dalam beberapa bagian, terlalu absurd dan ini merupakan tipe buku dimana tidak ada “hal besar” yang terjadi.
Gaya bahasanya frontal dan to the point. Saya sangat suka perspektif orang pertama yang digunakan dalam buku ini. Gaya penulisannya pun sangat khas, menggunakan kalimat yang pendek-pendek dan over-descriptive. Memang gaya penulisan seperti ini membuahkan kontroversi karena preferensi setiap pembaca berbeda. Banyak yang berpendapat bahwa ini merupakan penggunaan tata bahasa yang kurang tepat. Namun, saya pribadi menggemari gaya penulisan ini. Ada yang sadar saya mengetik review dengan gaya ini? Hehe! Mirip dengan karya Albert Camus, khususnya “The Stranger”.
Karakter utama, si narator, pada dasarnya adalah karakter yang tidak mudah untuk disukai. Pemikirannya kompleks, namun cuek dan narsistik di waktu bersamaan. Penuh rasa cemas dan kesepian, namun rasa percaya diri bisa muncul secara tiba-tiba. Ia punya kemampuan observasi yang luar biasa, namun penuh dengan rasa denial terhadap hal-hal tertentu. Bisa dibilang semacam anti-hero. Buku ini juga character-driven dan hanya berpusat pada tokoh yang itu-itu saja.
Tidak ada judul bab—yang cukup banyak ditemukan di buku-buku modern. Hal ini bukan kekurangan yang signifikan, tetapi saya pribadi rindu dengan bab yang diberi judul.
Saya bisa mengapresiasi buku ini dari berbagai sudut, namun tetap mengandung hal-hal kecil yang kurang cocok dengan saya. Ada perasaan aneh, bahkan sedikit resah saat menyelesaikannya terutama di bab terakhir. Buku ini membuat penasaran, walau ada kalanya membuat bosan. Untuk saat ini, saya tidak tahu bagaimana perasaan saya terhadap buku ini. Tetapi mungkin akan saya baca ulang saat umur saya 20-an dan sedang mengalami quarter-life crisis untuk pemahaman yang lebih dalam (wkwk).
Bagi kalian yang sedang di fase yang sama dan butuh buku yang beresonansi dengan kalian secara mendalam, ini cocok untukmu! Demi kesehatan mentalnya, si narator rela beristirahat dari dunia supaya bisa “terlahir kembali”. Walaupun hal ini ada sisi positif dan negatifnya… Moralnya? Sulit dijabarkan.
- “I’d be punished if I showed signs of suffering, I knew. So I was good. I did all the right things. I rebelled in silent ways, with my thoughts.”
- “Having a trash chute was one of my favorite things about my building. It made me feel important, like I was participating in the world. My trash mixed with the trash of others. The things I touched touched things other people had touched. I was contributing. I was connecting.”
Ciao!
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Drug use, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
eviltwin_com'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
3.75
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Minor: Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
taylorroseship's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
clarmentine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Suicide