tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post804675598218483983..comments2024-03-27T21:19:02.636-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-17475881720963009722018-10-10T10:45:53.210-05:002018-10-10T10:45:53.210-05:00Ah, ok!Ah, ok!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81630076328116255442018-10-09T14:00:10.153-05:002018-10-09T14:00:10.153-05:00The writing, definitely the writing. The daily new...The writing, definitely the writing. The daily news provides more than enough insight into narcissism.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-54400951087135705492018-10-09T11:40:35.646-05:002018-10-09T11:40:35.646-05:00I think I will read this someday but not now. I he...I think I will read this someday but not now. I heard her talk on the Otherppl podcast and she came across as astoundingly intelligent and sure of herself which did impress me. So did you like it so much because of the insight into a narcissist? Or because of the writing? Maybe both?Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-28111348240542814122018-10-09T10:15:44.038-05:002018-10-09T10:15:44.038-05:00I can understand your reticence about reading of a...I can understand your reticence about reading of a narcissist in fiction when we are bombarded by news of our narcissist-in-chief on a daily basis. Narcissists must be difficult to write about in a way that will make us empathize and the writer here doesn't even try. The narrator is an unsympathetic character but fascinating, nevertheless. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81163045801891717762018-10-09T07:38:17.257-05:002018-10-09T07:38:17.257-05:00What a great review, Dorothy! You make the book s...What a great review, Dorothy! You make the book sound very intriguing, yet I'm not sure I want to read about a narcissist right now. Thanks for stopping by and visiting me; it's hard to get back into blogging after taking a long break, but I do enjoy visiting my blogging friends again.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-47947218653438188052018-10-08T18:43:56.804-05:002018-10-08T18:43:56.804-05:00It is quite a strange book and yes, it is definite...It is quite a strange book and yes, it is definitely a novel, not a memoir. The drugs the narrator describes taking comprise an amazing cocktail and, at a certain point, she has blackouts, going out on the town and not remembering her actions. In the end, when she goes off the drugs, after June 2001, she goes cold turkey. It is a weird and mesmerizing tale. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-34042020637230303522018-10-08T17:24:07.101-05:002018-10-08T17:24:07.101-05:00You are the first blogger I follow who has loved t...You are the first blogger I follow who has loved this book. I thought for some reason it was a memoir, but you say it's a novel? Just wondering. Anyways, a year under psychotropics is enough to drive anyone crazy, if she wasn't before. BTW, I can empathize somewhat with the image of her watching TV on and on 9/11. I was in shock, numb, in front of the TV for 11 straight hours.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com