My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Paperback Published on: 14/10/2021
Price: £9.99
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The death of Generation X?
Imagine a new series of Lena Dunham’s Girls if it was set at the turn of the century, Hannah has the looks of a model and was cut off financially from her ... READ MORE
an icy pleasure
Razor-sharp and infused with savage black humour, 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' is an icy pleasure. Set in the fifteen months preceding 9/11, the novel ... READ MORE
Caustic, funny and disturbing
Ottessa Moshfegh’s much-hyped novel is a tight, brittle, weird portrayal of a thin woman who is exhausted with the world. Written with unpredictability and... READ MORE
Thought-provoking and Darkly Comedic
The publishers kindly sent me a copy of the paperback edition in exchange for an honest review.
It’s hard to describe what this book is about, on the su... READ MORE
The story of one woman’s experimentation with narcotic hibernation…
‘My Year of Rest & Relaxation’ is an occasionally amusing - mostly bleak - documentation of one young woman’s experimentation with narcotic hibernation.
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compulsive reading
Having read first Lapvona, and now My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I can say that the word to describe Moshfegh's writing is 'compulsive'. She writes chara... READ MORE
Bizarre. Brave. Brilliant.
Firstly, the writing is absolutely wonderful. It is proper, natural storytelling: constantly keeping the reader’s attention, while also entertaining them, ... READ MORE
Dark and filled with humour
When I first started reading this, I was worried it wasn't going to live up to expectations. It wasn't until I was about halfway through that I began to re... READ MORE
Synopsis
'When I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn.'
This is the story of a woman with no name. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. Yet she longs to lose herself completely.
It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a savagely funny novel of a woman looking out from the abyss.
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781784877477
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 18 mm
- Weight: 216g
- Languages: English
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A wonderful novel full of the darkest of black comedy. It's peopled by unsympathetic characters but surprisingly I realised I wanted to spend time with th... READ MORE
Everything and Nothing
Contemporary American literature at its best. Ottessa Moshfegh tells the disturbing tale of a lonely young women who simultaneously has everything and noth... READ MORE
Amusingly cruel sleeping beauty
The narrator of My Year of Rest and Relaxation is blonde, thin, pretty and rich. She owns her own apartment on the Upper East Side in New York. Serena Van ... READ MORE
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Looking at her from the outside, she has everything one could wish for: she is blond, pretty, thin, a Columbia graduate, stylish without effort and she has... READ MORE
Amazing
Complex main female character and a really interesting story line
Um that was... interesting? I cannot think of another word to describe the book. Problematic, maybe?
Um that was... interesting? I cannot think of another word to describe the book. Problematic, maybe?
The main character is very problematic, yes I know s... READ MORE
Easy read but boring!
I am maybe being slightly hard on this book! But unfortunately cannot say a really enjoyed it.
Waterstones compare it to Plath's Bell Jar, wherein I can ... READ MORE
Don't read during lockdown
The main character would love lockdown. It would be the ideal situation for her. However if you're after a positive, thought-provoking, happy book about be... READ MORE
strange, but addictive
I've read this book numberous times over and over, but it still enthralls me. When discovering the book, it was the first I found that wasn't a plot of rom... READ MORE
Bizarre / Brilliant
The entire book is pretty bizarre but strangely addictive. It is a little repetitive at times but that is the reality of the narrators life as she attempts... READ MORE
favourite book ever
i dont know if i love this book because of how into it i was at the time of reading it but it is truly my favourite
Left me wanting more
This is a beautifully written gem, that makes you question so much about yourself without really being obvious.
I have literally just finished and want... READ MORE
Fabulous
Such a compelling & addictive read.
she got the good ending !
eye opening is what one may describe it
Indescribable Book
This book is so raw. There’s nothing ‘romanticised’ in this book, the narrator is realistic and honest, and depression is displayed pretty well (not romant... READ MORE
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she’s so me coded
I fail to see the appeal.
I didn't expect to like this, and only bought it because it was cheap in a charity shop. And I didn't like it.
It's about a young, educated, beautiful and... READ MORE
indulgent, dark, perfection
wow. read in one sitting. truly gripping, narrator fascinatingly unreliable & unrelateable yet really easy to project onto. loved the pacing and such an in... READ MORE
Raw and harrowingly relatable
This book was incredibly well written.
It was raw and true. Ottessa Moshfegh does a fantastic job of describing and explaining the thoughts and feelings ... READ MORE
Insufferable, in the best way.
This book is profoundly abstract and I enjoyed it thuroughly.
At times slightly melancholic and others humourous, this novel is an interesting and thou... READ MORE
Loved
My Year of Rest and Relaxation was a compelling read. Ottessa Moshfegh explores themes such as isolation and the illusion of safety in ways that reflect bo... READ MORE
worth the hype
I too would like a year of rest and relaxation.Otessa Moshfeg writes the main character of this book in such an interesting way, she is supposed to be an u... READ MORE