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

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

4.0

The second half of the book really picked up (around chapter 5) and I couldn’t put the book down until the end. It reminded me a lot of the sort of looping plot of Nomadland where there really was no destination for the MC, nor did she have a name as I just realized. I knew it would end at the event it eventually did but I didn’t think it would be as poetic as it turned out to be. My only critique is how much Whoopi Goldberg was brought up because it reminded me of Ellen being mentioned in it ends with us too much. 
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