My year of rest and relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

No cover — Ottessa Moshfegh: My year of rest and relaxation (2018)

288 pages

English language

Published July 10, 2018

ISBN:: 978-0-525-52211-9
OCLC Number:: 1007559349

(13 reviews)

It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time she experiences limited personal interactions. Her parents have died; her relationships with her bulimic best friend Reva, an ex-boyfriend, and her drug-pushing psychiatrist are unwholesome. As her pill-popping intensifies, so does her isolation and determination to leave behind the world's travails. She is also beset by dangerous blackouts induced by a powerful medication.

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Gustave Blåbær reviewed My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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5 stars

Very entertaining

Drew reviewed My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Review of 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

my 256th book on Goodreads! I feel like this should be read in one sitting, as any mood that was built up is abruptly lost on looking up from the book, as if opening a pressure cooker. The last act felt hasty, especially after pages upon pages of the narrator talking about Whoopi Goldberg.

Brice reviewed My year of rest and relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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4 stars

J'ai un faible pour ces romans américains qui dépeignent le désespoir de ceux qui ont tout mais qui ne trouvent guère de sens à la vie. L'autrice se place à merveille dans la lignée des auteurs comme Don DeLillo, Brett Easton Ellis ou encore Salinger.

Toutefois elle y ajoute son regard typiquement féminin, une sorte d'attente de la société auprès de la personnage principale qui ne se retrouve pas dans les romans de ses homologues masculins. J'avais éprouvé ce même sentiment à la lecture des Furies de Lauren Groff.

Je ne conseille pas ce roman à tout le monde mais si vous êtes curieuses ou curieux et aimez, comme moi, cette tradition du roman américain, je vous le conseille.

bungakumi reviewed My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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2 stars

ahhh let's talk about disappointment.. to be fair, i should've given up with the book sooner because even though it was kinda interesting at first, there was just not enough reasons to continue reading this and the only thing it did was just be as disappointing as i feared it might be.
long story short, neither the protagonist nor the plot make any sense.

reminder to myself: it's okay to give up reading some books, 馬鹿