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the best anti-hero female book i’ve ever read.
this book was so insane yet so simple in its initial concept. i could not stop reading it on my recent trip out of the country. the first 5 chapters are arguably the most intriguing. it’s super raw, saddening yet very relatable in some aspects. i saw a lot of myself in the main character at some points. definitely my number one book oat. recommend to women in their 20s
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Narcissist.
This book is so hard to finish. The protagonist is the most insufferable person alive, her treatment of her "friend" is so awful! I understand not everyone feels all "sunshine and rainbows" all the time but her actions are just pure evil and manipulative. There is no philosophical aha moment or relatable factor, it was torture to force myself to finish this book. If you read this book and said, "this is so me," I urge you to get over yourself. You're not "edgy" or a "sad girl" you need to go to therapy and stop feeling bad about yourself.
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One of my favorite novels
I bought this book after hearing great reviews and I finished it within the day. It was hilarious and gut wrenching and beautifully written. Ottessa is truly a talented author.
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She does it again
Ottessa Moshfegh is really making a name for herself as a master of character study. This is my favorite of her work yet. She creates these characters that seem so unreal on paper but then brings them to live with her words. By the time you're halfway through the book, you start understanding the character's motives in a way you never expected to. In My Year of Rest and Relaxation, our narrator experiments with drug-induced hibernation. Normally, this would seem like an incredibly dramatic situation, but Moshfegh somehow makes it feel... light and natural. It's a desire that many of us feel when we are in times of intense stress. I felt a sense of satisfaction in the narrator's ability to plan out and implement her hibernation (regardless of the unhealthy means by which she attains it) because at its core, I think this novel is a good reminder that we all need to take a break and return to ourselves before we can carry on with life.
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A Radical and Brilliant Story of Depression
Where most stories of depression warn against medication, Ottessa Moshfegh's protagonist sprints toward chemical oblivion. Her plan: sleep for a year in her 2000s Manhattan apartment, convinced she'll awaken reborn. The narrator is often unlikable—acerbic, cruel, and deeply cynical about the vapid art world she works in and the people around her. But to dismiss her is to miss the point. Moshfegh balances this venom with a palpable, relatable despair that makes her extreme project feel disturbingly authentic. Fueled by dark comedic relief from a wildly unethical psychiatrist, the novel is at once hilarious and profoundly unsettling. It's a striking, precisely rendered story that culminates in a challenging and powerful ending, leaving you to question what it means to truly re-engage with the world. Highly recommended.
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I mean... I get her.
⭐️⭐️⭐️¼ I still kind of get her, which says something about me, but the narrator is so vapid and cushioned by privilege that it becomes hard to sit with for long. The numbness, the desire to disappear, the emotional checkout counter at life all made sense to me. The unlimited money buffer underneath it all… less so. Must be nice to spiral with resources. And the ending. Once I realized exactly where we were headed, I spent the rest of the book hoping we’d take a turn. We did not. The destination felt inevitable and kind of underwhelming, like arriving somewhere you already knew you didn’t want to be. Sharp and memorable, but also mildly annoying in a way that feels intentional.
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HARD READ.
HARD READ. I'm not just talking about how spoiled and whiny the main character was; the storyline was boring as well. NOTHING HAPPENS. Other people like to say, "oh, that's the point of the book"........ yeah, okay, so I wasted my money on a book where nothing happens.
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I like it and I hate it
in honestly I really can't stand the narrator sometimes but sometimes I forgot she's supposed to unlikeable.The whole book is VERY long and like what 40+ pages for 1 chapter and yeah I'm probably being really dramatic about it,but I was able to finished in 4 days.Another thing to mention is in my hot take I don't really think Reva was insufferable but for Christ sake she did not deserved that ending.This book is interesting if you like the 2000s new York timeline and sad girl aesthetic.I read this book when I was actually depressed and I guess it was somewhat of a confront to read about another depressed girl.
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