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

dark funny sad 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

3.5

Catcher in the rye if Holden was a privileged, lazy, adult, millennial.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Ableism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit