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I remember a few years ago when My Year of Rest and Relaxation was EVERYWHERE. You truly could not walk into a bookstore without seeing this book. I liked it - it was different and accurately captured the weird idea of just pausing all the annoying things that are a part of daily life. I also think its prominent placement in all bookstores was partially due to the fantastic book cover. So when I saw that someone was making another Ottessa Moshfegh book into a movie starring Anne Hathaway, I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie. I still haven’t watched the movie but it is on my list. Eileen is very dark but more importantly, I just didn’t get the point of the story. I kept reading because I wanted to see if the twist or ending would justify the rest of the story but I wasn’t impressed. The main “twist” happens in the last 10% of the book, with the other 90% setting up the all unlikeable characters. So basically, if you love Ottessa Moshfegh’s style of story (very unlikable characters, very graphic descriptions, low action plot) then I would check this out.
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