Reviews

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

culargo_de_oliveira's review

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This is Cinema ✋🏻👴🏻🤚🏻

A melhor review que li até agora foi “eu entendo quem deu 5 estrelas e quem deu 1 estrela pro livro”. Possui um humor ácido, uma premissa maluca e um desenvolvimento de personagens complexos, impossível não amar e odiar a protagonista ao mesmo tempo. Entretanto, não é um livro pra todo mundo, consigo facilmente ver pessoas não se identificando com o humor e, inclusive, o achando problemático. 

matchamademoiselle's review

2.0

Mon année de repos et de détente est un livre qui m'a profondément ennuyée et laissée sur ma faim. Malgré le potentiel de l'histoire, je me suis rapidement lassée du personnage principal et de ses pensées négatives. Le livre est rempli de descriptions répétitives de la routine de la protagoniste et de ses efforts pour éviter le monde extérieur, ce qui a rendu l'ensemble du livre monotone et ennuyeux. Mais jusque-là j'étais préparée, tout était dans le pitch.

Le pire était le personnage principal. Impossible à aimer, elle était extrêmement égocentrique et froide envers les autres. Je n'ai pas pu éprouver la moindre once de compassion pour elle, ce qui a rendu la lecture encore plus difficile.

Et puis la fin… Elle était très décevante, je m'attendais à une révélation ou un tournant dans l'histoire, mais ça ne s'est jamais produit. Au lieu de ça, le livre s'est simplement terminé avec l'évocation de l'attentat du 11 septembre ???

En fin de compte, Mon année de repos et de détente a été une lecture insatisfaisante pour moi. Malgré quelques moments d'intérêt, j'ai trouvé le livre ennuyeux, le personnage principal antipathique et la fin décevante. Je ne le recommanderai pas.

annitikkala's review

dark funny medium-paced

3.75

ludwigdvorak's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

bookishbrighton's review against another edition

2.0

Can someone tell me what the point of this book was? The ending felt like I’d picked up an entirely different book - where on earth did that come from? This was very nearly a DNF which is the only time I give 1 star but I finished it and gave it 2 and that is only because I enjoyed the writing style itself - it was easy to read and that’s the only thing that kept me going.

achillesheeled's review

2.0

I was growing less and less attached to life. If I kept going, I thought, I'd disappear completely, then reappear in some new form. This was my hope. This was my dream.

just not very good! cannot believe the amount of people who actually admire/relate to the narrator lol

cait_readsxox's review

4.0

This book definitely has an unhinged main character and vibes but in the end it shows how our mental health can be impacted in different ways on different people. My thoughts are all over the place on this book since it was so wild!

loganbeatrice's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

haleiyoung's review

funny medium-paced

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

3.5

abigailhw's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75