decrown 's review for:

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

3.75

dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

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I struggled to rate this. A great book with a terrible protagonist. I hated almost every single thing she said and thought and did but I also couldn’t stop reading. Leans on shock value a bit much at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Pregnancy