Reviews with content warning for Cancer - 내 휴식과 이완의 해

I dont understand the hype for this book. I feel like I remember people raving about this a few years ago but I truly found this whole book horribly depressing and meaningless. It gave Holden Caulfield vibes in the worst way.

I guess you could say its a feminist book representing women in the worst way, women can be horrible too, women contain multitudes. I'm also pretty positive it doesn't pass the reverse Bechdel test (men are rarely mentioned and only in reference to sex). Which I guess is interesting... idk overall I thought it was terribly boring and depressing.

The main character is in her 20s, both her parents have passed away which she says she has come to terms with but clearly still deeply affects her. She has decided she wants to sleep her life away. She goes to a bad therapist complaining of sleep problems so she can get prescribed increasingly wild drugs. She then takes a cocktail of drugs in efforts to fully sleep through the rest of life to varying success. Her therapist is an extremely hippie unhinged bad therapist, her best friend is extremely vain and fake, her deceased mother was an alcoholic and uncaring. Overall every single character was unbearable and annoying and I don't feel like I particularly learned or gained anything from reading it.

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genielong's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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virgomoon9's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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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hex_agon's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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dakotahreads's review against another edition

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dark reflective 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

3.0

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ercole's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Libro dall’atmosfera magnetica e accattivante, trasporta il lettore in una New York anni duemila in pieno stile Sex and the City e Gossip Girl, tra Cosmopolitan e i migliori film e serie tv di quegli anni, rigorosamente in cassette. La protagonista è una giovane donna che decide di intraprendere un anno di riposo per rinascere e rinfrescarsi la mente, così da superare i suoi traumi passati. Con l’aiuto di una psichiatra estremamente inaffidabile, raggiungerà il suo scopo di scomparire nel sonno per un anno intero.
I personaggi sono caratterizzati da una mancanza di empatia quasi assurda, e le relazioni non sono molto naturali. L’amicizia tra la protagonista e Reva è estremamente tossica, e nonostante ciò le due saranno amiche fino alla morte di quest’ultima che, conoscendo il periodo e il luogo in cui è ambientato il romanzo, diventa estremamente prevedibile quando Reva annuncia di essere stata trasferita a lavorare alle Torri Gemelle.
Il libro scorre bene. Lo stile è semplice e piacevole da leggere, e i riferimenti pop rendono il tutto ancora più interessante.
Tre stelle perché, per certi versi, i personaggi sono poco realistici per quanto sono assurdi.

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