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A review by emanon_
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
It’s so funny to me that this book seems to have divided people into two. Some absolutely love it and others hate it.
It’s a book about a woman that wants to reinvent herself and the only way she sees out is through sleep. If she sleeps for long enough she can one day wake up ans start all over again.
It depicts two things very well, depression and exhaustion. The character isn’t diagnosed with depression but the symptoms are there and the trauma is obvious, you can tell what has led to it all and you cannot do anything but mumbled under you breath that she’s just too blind to see it.
The book shows a part of humanity that is unapologetic. We are allowed to tap into the mind of the main character and it’s almost scary how candidly written everything is. Every single shameful emotion, though and/ or action is expressed and no one really does anything about it. I personally blame it on her mental state (the idea of being so exhausted of everything that you no longer care about anything).
The book had no significant plot, there are things that happen and there is a plot to follow but it’s an extremely character heavy book. We care about how they feel, act and talk rather than what their next steps are.
The are descriptions of complete vanity and toxicity that left me speechless. You forget how bad people can be until you meet them.
I don’t think I’ve ever narrated a book as much as I’ve narrated this one. It’s just had too many jaw dropping moments.
It’s a book about a woman that wants to reinvent herself and the only way she sees out is through sleep. If she sleeps for long enough she can one day wake up ans start all over again.
It depicts two things very well, depression and exhaustion. The character isn’t diagnosed with depression but the symptoms are there and the trauma is obvious, you can tell what has led to it all and you cannot do anything but mumbled under you breath that she’s just too blind to see it.
The book shows a part of humanity that is unapologetic. We are allowed to tap into the mind of the main character and it’s almost scary how candidly written everything is. Every single shameful emotion, though and/ or action is expressed and no one really does anything about it. I personally blame it on her mental state (the idea of being so exhausted of everything that you no longer care about anything).
The book had no significant plot, there are things that happen and there is a plot to follow but it’s an extremely character heavy book. We care about how they feel, act and talk rather than what their next steps are.
The are descriptions of complete vanity and toxicity that left me speechless. You forget how bad people can be until you meet them.
I don’t think I’ve ever narrated a book as much as I’ve narrated this one. It’s just had too many jaw dropping moments.