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Mijn jaar van rust en kalmte by Ottessa Moshfegh

125 reviews

rani's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ava's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Captivating all the way through. At times I would be surprised it wasn't over yet, but never annoyed about it. The narrator's relationship with Reva was endlessly interesting. Both of them are whole enough to care about while still being symbolic of different perspectives one has to grapple with in life.

At parts I had trouble knowing how seriously I was supposed to take the narrator. Is she purely a vessel for observations or am I to pity her? When I see parts of myself reflected in her, should I feel comforted or called out? I appreciate a multifaceted character with a complex relationship to the reader's point of view, however this wasn't always a consistent duality. sometimes I felt the author was quite deliberate about the line the narrator walks, at other times less so. 

For much of the topics touched on here, I wouldn't say there was a clear thesis statement—and if there were they weren't obvious to my eye—but I'm not complaining. I kept wondering in particular what this was trying to say about people's relationship to beauty, but as I continued I learned to appreciate the contradictions it's presenting. I am glad, however, that for all the questions this book leaves open, it does make a definitive choice for one of them. Between cynicism and appreciation, the latter is the correct answer. It is always hope, it is always love, even in darkness and tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Abortion, and Pregnancy

hannahr's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Abortion

naju's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The last few pages of this novel were surprisingly, abruptly almost, beautiful and philosophical. I felt a sense of dread and general disgust with living and the rest of the world while reading this, which means it gave the exact vibes it wanted to give perfectly well. It felt like a very realistic description of depression and toxic friendship and just life in general. This did not improve my mood but it wasn't supposed to so I can't blame anyone but me 😌. Uhh this wasn't bad but also didn't bring anything into my life , which, again, it probably wasn't supposed to?
Could have been bigger on the social commentary, I loved those parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

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