vigil 's review for:

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

1.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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did this book need to be written? like honestly. did anything in this book warrant it to exist and be nearly 300 pages? no.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism