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A review by mcgbreads
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
And I was ready to DNF at 18%. Hard pass.
If the point of this book was to be immersive and place the reader in a state of detachment by being utterly boring and using a deeply unlikable character, it was done perfectly.
The narrator is a c*nt, there’s just no other way to put it. And I love c*nts, don’t get me wrong, but not when they’re this fucking unbearable.
Her “friend” is awful, her doctor is negligent, and her mother was such a bitch, so every character just SUCKS. Also, this sometimes felt like watching a Girls episode and I fucking hated that show lmao.
I simply have no desire to read beyond what I already did, that was quite enough for me.
If the point of this book was to be immersive and place the reader in a state of detachment by being utterly boring and using a deeply unlikable character, it was done perfectly.
The narrator is a c*nt, there’s just no other way to put it. And I love c*nts, don’t get me wrong, but not when they’re this fucking unbearable.
Her “friend” is awful, her doctor is negligent, and her mother was such a bitch, so every character just SUCKS. Also, this sometimes felt like watching a Girls episode and I fucking hated that show lmao.
I simply have no desire to read beyond what I already did, that was quite enough for me.