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Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

305 reviews

caroreading's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

3.0


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1oca1sh1thead's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

5.0


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megthelemon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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reneeandreea'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

2.75

Honestly, I don’t get the hype. The best parts were the
“Infermiterol” experiment and the visit to Reva’s family home.
This was fully sitting at 3 stars until the very end. I think Moshfegh ruined it all in the last page. Nothing negative to be said for the quality of writing. This was just boring.

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rachaelm13's review against another edition

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dark sad 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

1.0

I don’t even know what to rate this. 
**just did trigger warnings and this book has almost all of them**

First things first if you are depressed or struggling mentally DO NOT read this. 
It felt like it was supposed to be depression porn. 
For some reason I couldn’t stop reading it? Like everything was just going to horribly for this character I wanted to see the drama? Root for her? Hope things got better? I don’t know. 
There was some things in this book that seemed from now and not when this book was set, like pop culture things I guess. And the ending of the year seemed very unrealistic just like a switch flipped. I don’t know. 
This was like a fever dream. I put me in a reading slump and also made me kinda depressed/existential. I’ve heard that its supposed to be like what new york was like pre 9/11 but it’s focused on basically one character and 9/11 doesn’t come up until the last like 2 chapters. 
Maybe because I don’t remember 9/11 I don’t understand. But I just don’t get how this severely struggling person is supposed to represent new york. I don’t know. I also didn’t really read the back of the book before starting it I just kinda went in because people recommended it, sorta how I did with normal people, LOL and I hated that book too

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disasterdump's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

2.0


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mmikenaite's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

3.5


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ddreid33's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

3.75


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juliafran's review against another edition

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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

5.0


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garnet_monique's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-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

4.0


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