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Il mio anno di riposo e oblio by Ottessa Moshfegh

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plantainicus's review against another edition

4.0

It concerns me how much I can become obsessed with this book. It features the most unlikeable, cruel, and entitled protagonist that I have ever read, yet from the first page I am invested. Apathetic towards her life, the worst person you know decides that she will “hibernate” for an entire year by abusing copious amounts of anti-anxiety medication and sleeping pills.

classicmn's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad 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

ohbabyitsalli's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective 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

2.25

yasmiin's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-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

bibliobrandie's review against another edition

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1.0

That was terrible. The only reason I finished was because I had nothing else on audio. The characters are awful, the story is awful and unbelievable. If I heard the narrator say Oh nobody likes me because I’m just so skinny and beautiful one more time I was going to throw my phone across the room. And then your stuck listening to/reading long lists of pills she’s taking and movies she’s watching. It’s all so annoying. Waste of my time.

fth0tfitzgerald's review against another edition

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God?

Jeg læste det meste af bogen som en form for satire, noget jeg ikke tror de mange 1 stjernede anmeldelser gjorde. Det er svært for mig at se hvordan den kunne være noget som helst andet, med den tydelige og nonchalante racisme og ableisme, den sindsyge psykolog osv.
Om bogen nogensinde var kedelig er lidt svært for mig at finde ud af, den kunne forsætte ud af lange tangenter, men på trods af det langsomme plot fandt jeg den aldrig rigtig kedelig. Blot rablende og undvigende.

Den ene ting der for mig var et brilliant plot-punk var, hvordan

9/11 langsomt rykkede tættere og tættere på handlingen, begivenheden stod som en truende deadline, det blev hurtigt svært at forstille sig hvordan bogen skulle ende med/ved nogen anden begivenhed end denne.
Som dagen langsomt rykkede tættere på blev det kun tydligere hvordan det hele ville ende, Reva der blev flyttet til et kontor i Tvillinge Tårnene.
I lang tid troede jeg faktisk at det ville ende med at hovedpersonen havde en finger med i ulykken, at det ville have været et forfærdeligt kunststykke, eller noget hun gjorde i en af hendes tre-dages komaer.
At det ikke endte sådan er okay, men jeg ville nu alligevel gerne have set hvordan sådan en version havde foldet sig ud.

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