3/10/2024 0 Comments Diary of an oxygen thief series![]() ![]() The only emotions this book made me feel were irritation at the main character, for a multitude of reasons, and nauseated from the second hand embarrassment at his humiliation. It had a desperate "feel bad for me, feel bad for me" hope for pity the entire time, and it just made the author look continuously more stupid. But even then, this was such a self-pitying book that I could barely take anything the author was saying seriously. I suppose the only "message" that was even remotely meaningful was about how men AND women just use each other to move up in life in different ways. It was nowhere near an insightful read, honestly. ![]() Even when he was sober and "better" he still constantly objectified women. Bro referred to women as FEMALES several times. There was pretty much nothing concrete or even likeable about his personality, and almost nothing relatable about him either. The dark and disturbing sequel to Diary of an Oxygen Thief finds our amoral protagonist entering the world of online seduction in this twisted yet uncomfortably relatable dissection of modern love. Sometimes the main character didn't seem to realize that he was the problem, yet other times he knew he was. I was hoping for character development and found close to none. My first impression was that it was about a misogynist, and was stupid to the point where I wanted to put it down, but I didn't solely for the purpose of seeing how much worse it could get. Kicking off with Diary of an Oxygen Thief, an underground cult favorite and a New York Times best seller, the series has been described by New York Magazine as “kinky, artsy, and swoon-worthy.If I had to describe this book in one sentence it would be: Sociopathic incel who enjoys hurting women because daddy didn't love him finally meets his match and gets his heart broken. Whether or not his story is “true,” the writing is nonetheless an impressively honest portrayal of abuse, alcoholism, and mental health issues, and how they affect relationships. While the author remains unknown, it is clear that he is intimately familiar with the situations he portrays. His delivery pulls the listener into the inner workings of a devious, cunning, and damaged mind. The nameless voice is steady, frank, and unflinching, never shying away from the outrageous and repulsive acts detailed in each audiobook. I definitely recommend it to anyone who has been hurt in the past or feels the urge to break others hearts. Naturalistic in style, possibly based on real events, this word-of-mouth hit about a man who hurts one. The diary of an oxygen thief is a brutally honest book about love and heartbreaks. Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous review the cult tale of a misogynist’s ruin. Narrated by the anonymous author, Diary of an Oxygen Thief and its sequels are brutally honest in a way that only being a voice from the shadows allows. Reviewed in Germany on 19 September 2021. At turns darkly hilarious, deeply twisted, and sobering, this fictional (or is it?) series presents a startling portrait of modern-day love. Has he truly recovered from his impulse to welcome cruelty into his intimate relationships? In the follow-up, Chameleon in a Candy Store, he slips back into his manipulative habits and adds online deception. Then, he meets an alluring aspiring photographer in New York City and falls in love. When he moves to the United States, he grapples with even more problems-culture shock, the absurdity of corporate America, unsettling changes in his socioeconomic status, and paranoia. After attending AA meetings and being forced to confront the horrors he inflicted on girlfriend after girlfriend, the narrator feels a measure of remorse and intense self-loathing. The debut novel, Diary of an Oxygen Thief, opens with the narrator and protagonist, an Irish advertising executive living in London, describing the pleasure he used to get from emotionally abusing women. Published anonymously, The Diaries of an Oxygen Thief trilogy delves into the inner mind of an addict with a legacy of pain. Books shelved as diary-of-an-oxygen-thief-series: Chameleon in a Candy Store by Anonymous, Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs by Anonymous, and Diary of an Oxygen. Diary of an oxygen thief is honest hilarious and heartrending but above all a very real account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have a done to us'-Back cover. In a shockingly honest account, a man details his past as an abusive alcoholic and his intoxicating, painful, and dangerous relationships with women.
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