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A review by saurahsaurus
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Excrement, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Incest and Classism
Additional trigger/content warnings: 9/11 attacks and a sexual encounter that I consider to be very non-consensual (but that is not conveyed as such by the narrator, who experiences it). The incest is mentioned in passing about off-screen characters.