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squaeshy 's review for:
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
wow. i finished this book just thinking “what the fuck did i just sit through??”. it’s definitely a good read, very much a “it’s a girl thing, you wouldn’t get it” sorta book.
spoilers ahead:
after everything we go through with the MC, to get a glimpse of her new life after clawing her way through it. the drugs didn’t help, until they did when reva took them and snapped the MC back to reality with her purpose of taking these drugs. the entire time, i thought she was just going to spiral and OD, but she made it through. Reva gave her purpose, even in death. just wow. a mindfuck story about grief, girlhood, abusive relations all around, and relatable crude comments.
spoilers ahead:
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Classism