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A review by gothhotel
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
4.0
A hypnotic read, if a little repetitive. It's giving American Psycho for depressed women. Very slick, powerful satire. The first few chapters describe my life for the last year or so minus the drugs, and I appreciated the lack of sentiment. I hovered around 3 stars for most of the read but brought it up to 4 by the end for a tight structure and appropriate length.
Also, I know this is controversial but I thought the ending was good - last line of the book is a real gut-punch. Without spoiling anything, I thought the message was pretty clear and a certain "gotcha" moment (the last page) doesn't feel like a gotcha at all, in context. Free yourself or die.
Also, I know this is controversial but I thought the ending was good - last line of the book is a real gut-punch. Without spoiling anything, I thought the message was pretty clear and a certain "gotcha" moment (the last page) doesn't feel like a gotcha at all, in context. Free yourself or die.