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Ett år av vila och avkoppling by Alva Dahl, Ottessa Moshfegh

508 reviews

shakirajain's review against another edition

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

4.0

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tpwreads's review against another edition

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dark slow-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

1.0

All I can muster to say after enduring this soulless afterbirth of a book is-

Fuck all the way off, Moshfegh (insert middle finger emoji here). 
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m_kat's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

A book about grief and meaning. Everything in the unnamed protagonist’s life is shallow and meaningless (friendship, art, her boyfriend, her looks, etc) so she resets, reboots—really does turn off and on again. If you see the world with that lens, and there’s soooo much, how do you carry on? I was really moved by the ending: Reva’s visit on had me surprisingly teary. Highly recommend.
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edenofalltrades's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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cantreachthatshelf's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-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

1.5

Maybe I am not educated enough or have not been through a similar situation but I did not enjoy this book, while well written the plot can be summarized to this: beautiful rich woman with no personality, no job, no ambitions, decides to take every pharmaceutical known to man to sleep for a whole year. She is rude and terrible to the only person in her life checking to see if she is alive. Many pages are dedicated to just listing medications. Nothing happens. When things start to happen she just wants to go to sleep. Also surprise 9/11 somehow is involved. And Whoopi Goldberg deserves an apology. 
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zoethecraftyreader's review against another edition

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Really not my cup of tea, felt like it was being grotesque at certain times for the sake of it rather than really adding anything to the narrative. 
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whoisthlsbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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book_hang_o_ver's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

Oof, this book.

As a mental health provider/ social worker- this book is fucked up. As a human who’s experienced grief, complex relationships, and death of a parent with whom you had a complicated relationship with…. I kind of get it? The desire to sleep for an extended period of time- with the goal of waking up refreshed, feeling new. The hope of restricting your life a bit. The unrealistic but tempting thought of slipping into a moment of life a year from now and seeing where you are after all the complicated growth is already behind you and previously explored. Granted- this takes it waaaaaay too far. 

This content and the story is MESSY, but the writing is very precise and intentional. I will absolutely pick up more of Ottessa Moshfegh’s work! Her writing propels you forward and it was difficult to put the book down. I wanted to know what happens next at the end of every page, because honestly I couldn’t guess where it was going next if I tried.

Devastating ending.
Of course Trevor survived- though I wish Reva did. She deserved better.
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leneliest's review against another edition

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dark hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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mjtal's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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