Reviews - My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.64 AVERAGE

christinakugel's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-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

abirej's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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

I mean, who ✨hasn’t✨ wanted to escape into oblivion when deep within the clutches of MDD 🛌

For anyone who has read this book, take a sec to chew on this quote with me: “We have defined healing as something going away. Instead, healing is the ability to attend to whatever is hurting, to turn toward where the injuries are and patiently, with courage and clarity, let them be loved, and eventually to love them ourselves.” -Hillary McBride, Holy Hurt

hluterek's review against another edition

3.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eilarej23's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a_zimmster's review against another edition

1.5

dark emotional sad tense 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: No

As someone who has wanted to sleep their life away before, this book definitely hits home. However, this book was, in only 200-ish pages, very repetitive as how much can you write about someone who sleeps? I would probably not recommend this book

blue2303's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny reflective sad medium-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

that_librarian_girl's review against another edition

3.0

Honestly I’m not really sure how I felt about this book. I probably would give it 2.5 stars. It took me awhile to warm up to this book, I even almost gave up on it. There were parts I found interesting but must of it was very unrelated. The main character wasn’t likable and after everything she did, she still didn’t seem to be who/where she wanted.