Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

12 reviews

pirate's review against another edition

It wasn’t holding my attention at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

alexander26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

kmcgraw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I felt at times it was slow and repetitive but I was truly enthralled from the beginning. I read this in two days and couldn’t put it down. Deals with very dark/heavy themes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Abortion

lameura's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

zara89's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

malb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

katieohara's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I think that this book is one of the best examples of a character study that I have read this year. As a native New Englander if also has a certain sense of for lack of a better word, dark charm for me. However, the book is hurtling you to this big bad moment that it hints at, but it just didn’t feel as bad as I was expecting. But honestly I might just be a spoiled reader to used to the horrifying details of murder podcasts and criminal minds. Perhaps what happened is sick enough and the author is making a subtle point that if you are looking for perversion you are no better than the spoiled rich girl not realizing her idealism has consequences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Classism

asapphicandacat's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book kept me really engaged in eileen’s story. i love how the author writes her dark and brooding characters where you cannot stand them but are also fascinated with them. definitely could’ve done without all the fatphobia though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Murder

julia_the_caterpillar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Plot-Twist der Wahnsinn. Ich liebe, wie abgefuckt dieses Buch ist. So absolut absurd. Vor allem die Interaktionen zwischen Eileen und Rebecca und Eileens Wahrnehmung von Rebecca. Das Buch ist völlig pessimistisch, düster und deprimierend  auf eine sehr befriedigende Art und Weise. Ich war in der Stimmung für einen leidenden Charakter, in dessen Leben alles scheiße ist und wurde von Eileen nicht enttäuscht. Wirklich alles. Love it. Love Eileen. Sie ist die Verkörperung von "Wenn sie vom Hochhaus springt, springst du hinterher".  Alles ist soooo schön absurd abgefuckt. <3 Spannend ist auch, dass die Vorgeschichte des eigentlichen Ereignisses den Großteil des Buches ausmacht. Die Origin Story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

beckybb0's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It's meticulously raw. You get to see Eileen being her, sad and self-centered self. Nevertheless, I come to really like the writing. I found it a bit tasking at first but I always have a soft spot for detailed POV. I find it fascinating that the author manages to capture how humane Eileen is with her flawed characteristic and how she lives her monotonous life. 

More on the plot, I think the end is

not really that satisfying. But isn't that appropriatefor Eileen? I think out of all endingsout there, this ending and her relationships with people is so unmistakably her.

 

Most importantly, be careful with the TWs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Self harm