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Mein Jahr der Ruhe und Entspannung by Anke Caroline Burger, Ottessa Moshfegh

bookgurl666's review against another edition

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5.0

i’m ready to do nothing but exactly what i want for the next year. tapping out via books and sleep and maybe some weed. not for destruction but for creation.

somarostam's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-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

1.5

rozerin_bozkurt's review against another edition

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emotional reflective relaxing sad fast-paced
  • 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

3.5

aaron_j136's review against another edition

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1.0

idk maybe I just don’t like reading about privileged people complaining about what exactly? Who knows.
This book started off flat and ended flat. It was one note. If I only had a heart I may have enjoyed this.

edenal's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • 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

3.75

m_tiki's review against another edition

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funny reflective slow-paced
  • 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

kurtwombat's review against another edition

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5.0

I can’t think of another book where I had just about made up my mind that I wasn’t going to like it—only to swerve half way thru. The main character is immensely unlikeable. Every one around her unpleasant. The action stifled and smothered. Very slowly going nowhere. But then I fell under it’s spell. I had been lulled to sleep along with the character. The commentary on grief, pop culture, drug culture, medical culture, consumer culture, even culture culture began floating to the front like a dream coming into focus. The main character who has chosen to sleep for a year to reset her life suggests there is a lot about this world that could use a reset. Sometimes resets come whether you like them or not as happens at the end of the novel. I admire the author for pulling this off—that she could push, push, push me away, all the while setting the hook that would pull, pull, pull me back in. I found the ending perfection.

shieldat's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

christinaeh's review against another edition

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

3.5

spavlishak's review against another edition

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dark funny 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