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

dark funny informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Got me out of my reading slump, started to read on a sunny day outside and continued to read all through the night. Very intriguing. Read like a train. 

I’ve heard people say this book was depressing, which I understand, but I did not feel sad after reading it. Really appreciated the honesty! 

Guess you either love it or hate it, I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Didn’t like that by connecting the timeline and the fact that Reva’s character got promoted to work at WTC, I already knew she would die in the end. Or maybe this was on purpose, because it made me automatically care more about her character which is fucked up in the same way as the book is.