Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

516 reviews

sampadaac's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I have a MYORR shaped hole in my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide

thychronicreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.0

What was that? why does nobody talk about that ending? ahhhhhhh? I shouldn't have read this in public, if you take anything from me let it be that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

cheyison's review against another edition

dark fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Abortion

teaqueen's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

This book was agonising to read. I put it down and often it was a struggle to pick back up (took me 4.5 months to finish 😂). I get it was supposed to be slow. I can handle the LONG ASS chapters. I get the main character is supposed to be unlikable. I don't have to like her. But it was mostly boring. Ffs from around the halfway point I was SKIMMING the pages!! I really wanted to see what happened at the end, I had an inkling of where it would end and I was right. It was interesting reading references to the year 2000, kind of cool tbh.

I liked the character development from the cave saga to rejoining the world.

The last line would have worked better if she wasn't "diving into the unknown", because she wasn't. She knew what she was heading towards.

Apart from the boredom and subpar attempt at depth, the character's backstory didn't really grip me, there was nothing relatable and all the talk about medicines in American brands made me lose interest so fast. I don't care what youre taking hun, I have no idea wtf you're talking about. Also, doing a bit much with all the meds and shit. 

I would have liked to have known what happened next, for..... Whatever her name is. Lol I thought I blocked it out but just realised her name was never given, that's a nice touch but the story needed more to back up the impact of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder

todrick_the_tree's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, and Suicide

aura_rurubele's review against another edition

I got really bored. The formatting of the book was difficult to understand and I think this just wasn't my type of book. The main character is understandably very flat and a bit unlikeable but I'm sure this is on purpose.

In the end it simply wasn't my style.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cancer

barb50's review against another edition

I just didn't like the content of the book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

tashiface's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

dmackreads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I didn’t find the humor in this and it was so unrealistic, yes I get it’s fiction, but come on. I kept waiting for there to be a point, some added plot, but there was none. I really thought I’d love this so I’m a little disappointed. I did enjoy the first half, but it just fell off for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

sian_lucy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content