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Mit år med ro og hvile by Harvey Macaulay, Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild, Juliane Wammen, Ottessa Moshfegh
207 reviews
nefarious_rat'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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Abortion
features 9/11. towards the end. no terrorism tag but thought that would be relevant as a warningknowriley'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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
imds'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
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
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
chickaboogawah'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
0.25
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism
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
karalynaa'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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
lenacamci'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
3.5
She also deals with depression and grief and pain that a life of privilege could not shield her from.
This book is so driven by its character and the way she perceives the world and copes with it and yet, she does not learn. She changes but she doesn't grow.
It's very well written but it's not a pleasant read. It makes you reflect on how you can relate to her and yet leaves you frustrated by her decisions and just general unpleasantness. Which is fine, it's good to have bad, well written morally bad, insufferable but nuanced female characters.
The ending was the bitter note for me, as Reva is yet another somewhat unlikable character but who at least somehow tries and loves as superficial as she could be. Struggling with mental health, I didn't expect this book who is already a dark take having such a bitter, "life is unfair", painfully real ending.
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy
mariavdl's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Minor: Abortion
amyford'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
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent