lateromantic 's review for:

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

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I really enjoyed this book, but it finished too quickly for my taste. It was masterfully written, not what I was expecting, and I would have liked to be umder the skin of the protagonist for longer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria