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

dark funny 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

4.0

An enjoyably contradictory reading experience — I liked the main character’s unlikability, and I was engaged despite a relatively uneventful storyline. This book brings to mind a more modernized Bell Jar, capturing the same stale feeling of depression but injected with a certain absurd, humorous air that breaths a different type of life into it. It’s easy to see why this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but it worked for me.