Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

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

573 reviews

caitlincurran's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

Genuinely don’t know if I loved or hated this book? The main character was very unlikable, though I suppose that’s the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

jazzy_g's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

This book was both unique and bizarre. I had bought it at the airport looking for a light holiday read but instead found it kept me anxious and tense, worried for the wellbeing of the protagonist and in disbelief that someone could survive at length the absurd cocktail of prescription medication! The focus was on the protagonist who it feels we never really get to know which made for slow development, and the flow often felt repetitive and drawn-out, although this was possibly an artistic choice. Despite this, I did enjoy the way the author writes and many elements were wonderfully detailed and beautifully grotesque so despite wanting to abandon it a few times, I persevered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, and Emotional abuse

stephintoadventure's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

breedee95's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

Woah. Didn’t think I could dislike a character more! This story follows our grieving and depressed narrator as she embarks on a really unhealthy journey of sleeping for an entire year. The idea is that this rest will allow her to disappear completely and emerge as a new and improved person. Explores themes of death and addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Vomit, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

vampyrakiki's review against another edition

We can have a main character be obnoxious without making it feel like a waste of time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

pierreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug use, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

vivelaviv's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Eating disorder, Cancer, Abortion, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Death of parent

mint7's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

I can't fix her but I could make her worse

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Body shaming, Confinement, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

kry_yang's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

i was so thoroughly entertained by the main character's shenanigans that i read this book in a single day. the MC's absurd personality/outlook on life (which was, again, extremely entertaining) made it difficult for me to understand the "serious" discussions about art, performance, capitalism, etc. 

Spoiler

also screaming bc i found out moshfegh writes a lot about butt stuff. like, miss ottessa you are one hell of a white woman i must say

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

saramaiabarbas's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Death of parent