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Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'
Ett år av vila och avkoppling by Alva Dahl, Ottessa Moshfegh
80 reviews
ains_mf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
bunnoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, and Vomit
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting
ewicht830's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder
Minor: Cancer and Abortion
tpwreads'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
1.0
Fuck all the way off, Moshfegh (insert middle finger emoji here).
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
littleseal's review against another edition
- There is something so interesting about the writing that it was hard to put down sometimes
- I knew, <i>knew</i> what the ending was going to be;
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
likeagilmoregirl'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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Abortion
mynameisrebecca'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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Vomit, Abortion, and Death of parent
Moderate: Racial slurs and Gaslighting
melusinedln's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I appreciated the narrator’s evolution, from her initial unreliability and selfishness to her acceptance of her parent’s death allowing her to improve as a person, only to have to deal with yet another grief at the end of the book.
I also appreciated the writing style. It kept the « boring » parts nice to read.
It was pretty relaxing and nice to, for once, read a book where essentially nothing happens diegetically. This book reminds us that the story isn’t the only element that makes a book good in the sense that you do not need a complex plotline and such things to make your readers feel intense emotions, convey a message etc.
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, and Violence
ameliabellward'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
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism
poucepooffy's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
I’ve heard people say this book was depressing, which I understand, but I did not feel sad after reading it. Really appreciated the honesty!
Guess you either love it or hate it, I loved it.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship