A review by swagmastersero
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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

4.25

Very *very* slow paced book - like, you're there for the narrator's every thought, which is quite literally the entire book besides some dialogue. If her name was ever mentioned, I didn't catch it. Slightly sad ending, definitely felt a twinge of pain, and sometimes the narrator said some very crude stuff that wouldn't hold up today (considering the book was written in 2018, there is a brief violence in Palestine mention and some other mildly uncomfortable things). I blame the narrator's lack of a filter both on us being in her head and her not growing up with opposition to her character. Altogether an interesting read, makes you sit and reflect on how you've been living prior. 
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