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

dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Reading this was like going through a six season show you finish in one day. I absolutely adored it. The ending was like poetry, a classic wrap up. Kinda like the phone calls I have with my grandma; short and sweet but always a tinge of grudges or gossip and ends with a kiss goodbye. 


Some notes I took while reading:
 

P33
Trevor does the same thing!

She was with her mother 24/7 so she probably only saw her. They both slept at long. Both of them probably didn’t have much to live for. Since she only saw her mother this is the reason why she takes after her. Also going after older men  P51

Also have men really not changed that much??? Chloe’s siignvy and rolled cigs really? Do y’all evolve?

P106
When she imagines this new life she can’t think of what it would look like. She looks at other people’s life’s (Rite Aid etc) but hers is blank. Maybe why she has no respect for anything?

P151 maybe her goal????


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