Ilana’s Reviews > My Year of Rest and Relaxation > Status Update

More than 1/3 through the book and while I get that we, as readers, are supposed to somewhat feel surrounded by the same medicine-induced, numbing haze, it’s just… not a great read? If I’m supposed to be stimulated by how “bad” the main character is (oh, she was RELIEVED when her friend who’s mum just died did NOT stay over to share her grief), then it’s not really working. But let’s see.

So far, it made me feel like the main character could have been in “Velvet Buzzsaw” 🖼️