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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy
Minor: Incest, Classism
Additional trigger/content warnings: 9/11 attacks and a sexual encounter that I consider to be very non-consensual (but that is not conveyed as such by the narrator, who experiences it). The incest is mentioned in passing about off-screen characters.