Super funny, I managed to love someone with a name I never knew; Felt like I was reading my inner monologue.
— Phoenix
It's like Legally Blonde, but if Elle was terrible and hooked on sleeping meds to get through living in the early 2000's. Okay, so it's not at all like Legally Blonde, but it is a twisted look into post modernity and the supposed void that comes after. Also, if you have trouble sleeping, you might notice some of the meds she's taking, so it's like a sort of bingo!
— Ryan
“Ottessa Moshfegh, more than any other writer I can think of, is great at capturing the feelings of despondency and malaise that come with living when and how we do. There are plenty of negative words to describe the narrator of My Year of Rest and Relaxation—she’s detached and depressed, she’s cruel and unfeeling—but Moshfegh writes her with such care and specificity I felt like I could live in her head forever.”
— Theo Henderson, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA