Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

364 reviews

khartke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

This was a grueling read with a detestable main character and disgusting events. I could barely put it down. I found it well written, stuffed (over-stuffed?) with references and connections to other works so the themes were always exploding outwards in many directions. Honestly not sure how sincerely I should take

the inner peace at the end as a sign of redemption

but I found it to be pretty satisfactory. I feel like this demands a reread but I'll have to muster up some major fortitude before I can attempt it. I read the back 2/3 in quarantine which definitely contributed to the atmosphere, Would recommend if you have COVID. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Abortion

mollyharrisxx's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

faerieevee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

joooos's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

catherinerowland's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

ranchstylebeans's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

hyuniecrisp's review against another edition

A boring slog of dogshit. Maybe I just didn't get it. Or maybe it's just shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

kkpines's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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

4.25

This is the most airtime Whoopi Goldberg has ever received.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Grief, and Abortion

karoline98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Slow but worth the read. The ending was okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

jadew2000's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Abortion