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A review by jedisuckerpunch
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
this book should come with trigger warnings. if you're depressed, think you're depressed, and have thoughts about harming yourself, I would suggest stay away from this one. It hits you hard. It can also increase your symptoms and make you feel like, replicating the actions of the main character.
i picked this one up because i had been wanting to go on a spree of reading unhinged, rageful women and i picked up bunny by mona awad. that was weird, hateful? yes. but also weird.
the hate in this book though is a different kind of hate. it is something, oddly, you can resonate with. at least, some of us if not all (yall saints). it comes from a place deep down. but it also manages to catch you off guard somehow.
i love how the book is written. no fancy writing but still so easy, so full of meaning and beauty. it feels like it is crafted so effortlessly - which is something i really loved about this book.
the ending made me feel like - you start a fire, with the intention of burning something down, and you watch it for a while, but then someone just puts it out with water. just like that. and you feel relieved about it. that's how it felt like reading this book from the beginning to the end.
this might not make sense. still processing this book. i will be looking out for more ottessa moshfegh books, that's for sure.
i picked this one up because i had been wanting to go on a spree of reading unhinged, rageful women and i picked up bunny by mona awad. that was weird, hateful? yes. but also weird.
the hate in this book though is a different kind of hate. it is something, oddly, you can resonate with. at least, some of us if not all (yall saints). it comes from a place deep down. but it also manages to catch you off guard somehow.
i love how the book is written. no fancy writing but still so easy, so full of meaning and beauty. it feels like it is crafted so effortlessly - which is something i really loved about this book.
the ending made me feel like - you start a fire, with the intention of burning something down, and you watch it for a while, but then someone just puts it out with water. just like that. and you feel relieved about it. that's how it felt like reading this book from the beginning to the end.
this might not make sense. still processing this book. i will be looking out for more ottessa moshfegh books, that's for sure.