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Mijn jaar van rust en kalmte by Ottessa Moshfegh

94 reviews

lisa00's review against another edition

dark funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide attempt

rd77's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

This book was certainly intriguing, but it wasn’t very interesting if that makes sense. You’re not supposed to like the narrator (at least I believe so) and I certainly didn’t. As a POC, I rolled my eyes many times at the main character’s musings. I’m sure you’re supposed to, but at times it felt a bit much. There’s also a fair bit of racism (maybe meant to show the narcissism/selfish nature of the main character, but still not something I want to read). Dr. Tuttle was the most interesting character, and you just feel bad for Reva. I may also be disappointed because of the way this book has been portrayed in media, but it really was not the profound piece of literature I had been expecting. Most of it felt fairly surface level, and only towards the last 30 pages do you actually get any sort of reflection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

eimear_jane's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

tsnhjhn's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

that was a journey.

first, narrator was so incredibly unlikeable and privileged but she was aware of it and accepted it so that was kinda a lil refreshing to read even tho it did get annoying at times.

also i actually liked reva even tho she was whiny and annoying in the narrators eyes, she grew on me
this book is def a clear satire and i ended up enjoying most of it even tho it was repetitive; it was also v funny—the narrator’s selfish thoughts and dr tuttle’s clear inability to be a therapist.

however, even tho ik it is a satire of privileged rich white women, the use of slurs and weird racist stereotypes just left a bad taste in my mouth. also some of the things she did were just too much for me like reva truly did try so hard for her so it only makes sense that she wouldn’t after the narrator

has her rebirth moment

also

reva’s ending :(( i knew as soon as she started working at the twin towers in 2001 but i was most surprised to see that the narrator actually cared. actually it’s quite sad that the narrator ended a year of grieving for her parents, for the loss of her relationship w trevor, only to lose reva

overall though, the writing was gorgeous, the humor was brilliant, the narrators depression was accurately represented, and the book was easy to read after a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Abortion

marianneiriss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

bizarre in every way but i kind of loved it all the same

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Excrement

hnnh_bug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

Incredible writing. Intense trigger warning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Abortion

james1star's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense 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

4.25

This book did something to me. I am so conflicted and literally became obsessed with it, I just wanted to spend my whole day reading it (this is so out of the norm for me as only got into reading about a month ago - this is my 3rd book) and  I just read and read not looking at the pages getting through 30, 40, 50 pages in what seemed like 10. 

Now the review: I loved the writing in the book, it’s *very* vivid and you can definitely imagine what’s going on and being described. It is very character based with a basic of plot line of a woman who goes to the bodega, gets coffee, takes a plethora of sleeping tablets, sleeps, sees her psychiatrist, her ‘friend’ and sleeps some more. Albeit, other things happen and she does take us back through memories about her ‘ex’, her life pre-sleep year, her childhood and parents. Now. Whilst character based novels are enjoyable, it’s hard when you literally despise the protagonist and I did with her. I hated her. She was horrible, an absolute bitch! For basically the whole of the book I honestly didn’t care what happened to her … but for some reason I did want to read on and on, I was invested in her life and this year. Additionally, I kinda hated all the other characters too: reva, ping xi (especially- oh my goodnessssss this man made my blood boil!!), her mum and dad, Trevor (aghhhhh him too really irked me), dr Tuttle (I always read it aloud as turtle) and practically everyone else that we came across, I remember telling my friend about it and how the only unproblematic character was reva’s mum and all she did was die. 

Also, this book contains many trigger warnings and things the main character says can be extremely hurtful so if you struggle with eating disorders, mental health, suicide, tense and negative sexual relationships, racism, death, and so many more then you may want to give it a miss. 

As it went on, and *kinda a spoiler*, in the last chapter I did begin to hate the protagonist less, even more so after completing her year of sleep. I still don’t exactly know her reasoning for wanting to sleep for a year - I presume a mix of built-up tension and depression from events in her life but I don’t feel this is explicitly stated - which I did want to know so I can understand her better but didn’t. Also, I feel reva’s character - albeit problematic - is portrayed in a negative light throughout the book until the last page and now with hindsight I do dislike her less and I did actually cry at the ending. 

I did really enjoy this book, it captivated me and sent me spiralling. Despite being very problematic I just wanted to read on and the writing is very good and vividly depicted scenarios. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Minor: Racism

juli_rold's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a good book and i really enjoyed it. It is about a very privileged women who is also very depressed. She wants to escape life and abuses prescription sleeping medication so that she sleeps an entire year. It was very well written. It took me about a week to finish but keep in mind that I did have exams to that’s why it took me so long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

micabo's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion

softerspot's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

4.25

I felt the protagonists were, while not likable, loveable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail