My Year of Rest and Relaxation

[4.5/5]

A contemporary classic that lives up to all the positive word of mouth. It's not often that I add a book to my all-time faves, but I knew this one was going to fit right in about halfway through reading. The unique and very memorable eye-catching title is not a witty inside joke you learn along the pages within, but more so quite the literal phrasing of what our very psychologically relatable narrator desires. I strongly recommend this to my fellow depressed readers and comrades in “I wish I could just disappear for a while to reset” arms. This is ripe to be adapted into an A24 film—for people to adopt new fictional personas—ideally by either the Safdie Brothers or Sofia Coppola. My Year of... also brought to mind the German book and film adaptation, Wetlands by Charlotte Roche, but more subdued and not quite as raunchy “gross-out” attempts inclined.

FANCAST:

- Narrator: Sydney Sweeney/Maika Monroe
- Reva: Rachel Sennott/Zoey Deutch
- Dr. Tuttle: Kathryn Hahn/Gwendoline Christie
- Trevor: Dacre Montgomery/Timmy C
- Natasha: Simone Kessell/Gemma Chan
- Narrator's mother: Cate Blanchett/Kristen Dunst
- Narrator's father: Shea Whigham/Jesse Plemons
- Ping Xi: Bowen Yang