Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

1264 reviews

bookishhblonde's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.5

This was a really good book. Our unnamed narrator decides to take a year off to strictly sleep in hopes that she will wake up feeling new, refreshed, inspired, and free. The book takes us on a wild ride of our narrators past, her complicated friendship with her best friend Reva, her toxic relationship with Trevor, her horrible and peculiar psychiatrist Dr. Tuttle, and her own toxicity and selfishness. I enjoyed getting to know all the deepest and darkest secrets of our narrator and everything that is so wrong about her. That’s what makes it funny in my opinion! She’s completely unhinged and her drug induced year of rest had me gripped.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

17nhammad's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion

altorres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Death of parent

vaaaleriechen's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

Truly a fever dream, the rawest form for untrustworthy narrator. Wtf??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ozy06's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad 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

4.25

The protagonist, as with the author’s other book Eileen, is resentful and bitter, but her unlikableness is balanced by her sharp wit and humor. Her dark and idiosyncratic view of life, along with the periods of piecing together things she has done but can’t remember, is reminiscent of Fight Club. The tone, nihilism with an edge of hope, is similar too. Overall this book is interesting, unique and worthwhile if you can go along for the ride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lil_mouse_'s review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

One of those books where nothing really happens but found the writing very fun and bold to read ! Basically … hot girls, they have problems too.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

elinafranziska's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

andreanunezdecaceres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

leanneymu's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-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

4.75

I found this book utterly compelling. The main character made me feel incredibly uncomfortable but I also really related to her. Moshfegh has a huge talent for mining the depths of human ugliness in a way that feels revolting and completely understandable. And the way the book ends? Shocking, predictable and still weirdly hopeful. I loved this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent

4vaw's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent