Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Mit år med ro og hvile by Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliane Wammen, Harvey Macaulay, Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild

5 reviews

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

3.0

this book was a breath of fresh air. i have never read anything like it. the main character is unnamed and entirely unlikeable (save for a few snide comments here and there), and the plot lulled at multiple points throughout the novel. however, moshfegh did a wonderful job at conveying an utter sense of despair in her protagonist; not once did i think this character wanted to live another day. i really enjoyed the ending, specifically moshfegh’s style of writing and vibrant choice of words.

Spoiler

i knew reva was going to die the moment she got transferred to the towers, but that last little chapter still stung. even though reva is barely likable, moshfegh did such a great job building her and the protagonist’s relationship that i hurt for the protagonist when reading chapter eight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Dysphoria, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism

support_lesbian's review against another edition

dark informative reflective 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? It's complicated

This one's weird, don't know how to feel about it.

I get what its going for but the 'dark humor' and the end did not work well with all. It was just mean and 'Robot Chicken' edgy and I mean that in a pretty insulting manner. Same with the characters but I could have respected and analyzed them but author went to far into the irrephrehensible category with the characters to understand everyone's unlikability (meaning that the main character using slurs and being involved with a highschool student).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Body shaming, Cancer, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Ableism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Antisemitism, Abandonment, and Abortion

kiana_hi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pedophilia

vanillamilkshakess's review against another edition

dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Cancer, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Classism, Body shaming, and Abortion

adinareads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual content