A review by dylwaters
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I will admit that it took me a few chapters to get hooked, but I ended up really enjoying this book. 

While I was reading, the long and seemingly run-on chapters bothered me a bit, because I’m someone who likes to stop at chapters. But the further I got, the more I thought it was fitting for our narrator who is living her life in a jumble of conscious moments. 

I do not like that the idea of sleeping through an entire year sounded so appealing to me, and it made it so much realer. 

This book was a difficult read, but I did thoroughly enjoy it, and would definitely recommend.