gwenprime reviewed My year of rest and relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's …
its bad but i liked it anyway?
3 stars
It's a book about nothing but sort of a fun mesmerizing read anyway. It feels like discount millenial Willa Cather.
The book is also full of wierd anachronisms. all the characters have cellphones in the 2000, there are drugs mentioned which wouldn't be released for several years. It really feels like she shohorned in the 9/11 thing at the last minute
That said I did enjoy the read.