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A review by camillatd
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
funny
reflective
slow-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
I struggle to think what to say about this book that hasn’t already been said. This book has been on my TBR for, quite literally, years. I finally got around to it, and the hype is deserved.
This is a book in which, essentially, nothing happens. Our unnamed narrator seeks to put herself into a psycho-pharmaceutical-induced sleep for a full year, in the hopes of achieving a “rebirth” of sorts. For a book with such a sparse plot, I quickly became engrossed and could not put it down.
Ottessa Moshfegh’s prose is sharp—equal parts acerbically funny and disarmingly insightful. I’m so glad I finally checked this one off my TBR, and I’m planning on making way through the rest of Moshfegh’s work.
TWs for drug use, eating disorder, mental illness, and grief.
This is a book in which, essentially, nothing happens. Our unnamed narrator seeks to put herself into a psycho-pharmaceutical-induced sleep for a full year, in the hopes of achieving a “rebirth” of sorts. For a book with such a sparse plot, I quickly became engrossed and could not put it down.
Ottessa Moshfegh’s prose is sharp—equal parts acerbically funny and disarmingly insightful. I’m so glad I finally checked this one off my TBR, and I’m planning on making way through the rest of Moshfegh’s work.
TWs for drug use, eating disorder, mental illness, and grief.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent