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Nostalgie d'un autre monde by Ottessa Moshfegh

hsbean's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

samneel's review against another edition

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

4.0

ohlookitsbrooke's review against another edition

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

3.75

maragtzrbooks's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

3.75

teaionescu's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

4.75

esoreille's review against another edition

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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 against another edition

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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 against another edition

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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 against another edition

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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