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Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

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maragtzrbooks's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

3.75

esoreille's review

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wasn’t super excited to read about shit… will maybe pick this up again after some palette cleansers

chilgeman's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

andreiaoh's review against another edition

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dnf :( typically adore moshfeghs writing, and im usually ok with her edge-lord sensibilities (to an extent) but even this was too much for me. liberal use of the r slur, heaps of anti-fatness, weird casual racism in ways that didnt really advance the stories. besides these uncomfortable moments, i was mildly bored with a lot of the stories here. some that i read stood out to me, but nothing spectacular enough to make me continue.

coolkiks's review

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4.0

Otessa’s characters feel like a whole different breed of people, with a different sort of worldbuilding… they act like us, and they live supposedly in our planet, but they are more absurd. Their universal moral doesn’t work the same. But as different as they seem, they are at the same time exactly like us.

peytonsurp's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

princzukos's review

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2.0

tbh, interesting read but i don’t get the hype? maybe i need to read more of this author’s work to understand the praise she gets. i will note that i was not the biggest fan of the slurs and fatphobia in this book, but i think it was intentional?? idk???