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My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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*i received an ARC of this novel through a Goodreads giveaway. which i suppose means final text is still subject to change but i wouldn't get my hopes up.
what a dreadful waste of words. i guess i'm glad the middle of the novel so sedated me in its banality that the utterly cheap 9/11 conclusion was merely offensive rather than absolutely enraging.
moshfegh is clearly a talented writer, and her entertaining wit sneaks through in moments throughout the novel. one only hopes that she will one day free her talents from the shackles of stereotypical MFA melodrama.
what a dreadful waste of words. i guess i'm glad the middle of the novel so sedated me in its banality that the utterly cheap 9/11 conclusion was merely offensive rather than absolutely enraging.
moshfegh is clearly a talented writer, and her entertaining wit sneaks through in moments throughout the novel. one only hopes that she will one day free her talents from the shackles of stereotypical MFA melodrama.
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Reading Progress
March 7, 2018
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March 7, 2018
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May 7, 2018
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Started Reading
May 7, 2018
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11.76%
"this book is not going to be a positive experience for my mental well being. sleeping for a year = seductive. this narrator, though... The Worst™"
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May 8, 2018
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40.14%
"i'm pretty sure this book is actively harmful to my mental stability"
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May 9, 2018
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74.05%
"is "imagine: a rich white woman on drugs" an MFA prompt or something? is that why this kind of story exists? it's not possible that someone believes that's some kind of riveting story, some novel scenario, it's just not possible."
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May 10, 2018
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Finished Reading
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I'm afraid I'll have to agree.
I can't believe I wasted time finishing this. Absolutely dreadful book.
That ending angered me too.
A cheap 9/11 conclusion is the perfect wording for his. Wtf was that all about?
Spoiler alert this comment please
honestly, the reason i didn't spoiler alert the 9/11 element is that it's not at all relevant to the overall plot, and i'd have written it out as a trigger warning anyway.
Completely agree - this was one of the worst books I've ever read in my life for all of the reasons you mentioned.
Yes exactly the ending squandered everything else
This was a lousy book. The main character had no name but it could have just been 'contempt."Author tried much too hard to be shocking and oh-so-hip in this attempt at satire.
Cara, completely agree. When I read the ending I wanted to throw the book across the room. Was intrigued at the beginning but half way through it got a little boring for me then the ending, ugh. Glad I’m not the only one who felt as I.
My worst book of the year 2018.
My worst book as well. Wasted my time
"I guess i'm glad the middle of the novel so sedated me in its banality that the utterly cheap 9/11 conclusion was merely offensive rather than absolutely enraging." YES THANK YOU.
And grow up. Who, past the age of twenty something, could relate to this.
wow lol, i got spoiler-tagged for this review despite the fact that the review is like 15 words long (and does not address any significant plot elements of the novel)...
I just don't get why this book was supposed to be so great. It wasn't.
In my copy, the blurb mentions 9/11 anyway, so not exactly sure what "spoiler" bomb you've let drop!
How is 9/11 happening a shock to you it literally tells you the date almost every 10 pages lol
Is the writer talented though? I found the whole thing lazy and uninspired.
How was the 9/11 ending cheap/offensive? It was very clearly building to that throughout the book. I didn’t like the ending broadly but it was pretty obvious it was building to 9/11.
i agree, i knew it was building up to 9/11 so i thought maybe that event would like bring her back to reality and make her value her life and change her perspective on things, but no. it did feel offensive as well
