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

reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

There is a lot to unpack here, and I do not know where to begin and what to say. All I know for sure is Moshfegh's writing will haunt me for life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death