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Mi año de descanso y relajación by Ottessa Moshfegh

305 reviews

bbyghoulreads's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

Haven’t we all at some point wished, for one reason or another, that we could completely disengage from society and emerge as a new person? I certainly have. I wouldn’t have thought I would enjoy reading about that desire for 300 pages, yet here we are. I loved this book, in all its nihilistic glory.

I’ve never tabbed a book so much or so quickly in my life. As in: there’s a tab next to the first line of the first page and at countless points throughout. And, out of the three full blocks of colours that I used, an entire colour was dedicated to the narrator being awful; an awful friend, an awful person, just awful. Truthfully, I don’t think there’s a single likeable character in this novel. It’s wonderful.

Moshfegh’s imagery is spot on and I could picture every scene in vivid detail, including those I’d have preferred not to. I don’t think I could have picked a better time to read this book; as I laid in bed ill, having not moved for hours on end, I could get terrifyingly close to relating to the narrator. 

Along with the drugs, and the sleeping, and the miserable monotony, there’s the underlying foreshadowing around 9/11 which I think is laced beautifully throughout. I loved the final chapter, and the first chapter, and every chapter in between.

I haven’t felt so thoroughly engaged with a novel in a long time. This was my first book by the author and after this experience, it’s certainly not the last. A definite addition to the re-read pile, I already know I’m going to be talking about this for the rest of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty

alyssav's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

3.0

The most mid book.. it was so hyped up I was expecting a lot more. Nothing happens here there’s no plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion

pippawig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

florareim's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

jillianalice's review against another edition

dark funny 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

5.0

I was surprised at how much I genuinely loved this book. I already want to re-read it. I can see the criticisms that we’re made about this book, but personally, the book was very relatable for me. The book gave a real look at types of depression and how different people cope with their grief. I also love books that describe every day, mundane things in an interesting manner, and the prose of this book does it very well. The psychiatrist was hilarious, I don’t think I’ve run across such a perfectly scattered and absurd character before. The ending was also interesting and unexpectedly tied historical events into the final chapter. I wouldn’t recommend this to everyone because it can definitely be triggering and the characters may be annoying to many people, but I love this book and will be re-reading it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

tashmachin's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

It would have been a 4 star had it not been for the ending which I found rushed and predictable 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Abortion

evthomo's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

ejs2000's review against another edition

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

Just no. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

hannibanani29'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting