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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

40 reviews

tytrack99's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

3.0

Otessa scores again in the insane, gross girl category. Sometimes I just be wondering why she says things 😂 also, I know this is set in the 60s but like girl… you didnt have to say most of the prejudice things you said. like you didnt HAVE to include that just cause it was the 60s 🫣 listened on audiobook so I think the story was good, but dont know how it would have translated over to reading.. overall, at no point of this book did I know what was going to happen next 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Vomit

czoltak's review against another edition

DNF at 25%
This book is so disgusting and weird (not it a good way). On top of that there are so many problematic things I don’t even know where to begin. I read an overview of how this ends and I want absolutely no part of this any longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Excrement, Stalking, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

There was one too many talks of bowel movements.
I'm sorry, but I just didn't vibe with the book. I see so many people praising it but to me it was a book where it took forever for something to start happening. The first half of the book was just so boring to me with burst of disgust whenever bowel movements were mentioned. Seriously I started to really detest the word bowels.
 I recognise that this book is just not for me and if I was not given it by my friend I would never have read it. But hey maybe a film adaptation with foxy Anne Hathaway will change my mind, who knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, and Medical content

angel_kiiss's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Misogyny

jaja_1212's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Stalking

kaitsteak's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Rape

evelynritzi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Very dark little novel. Ottessa specializes in unlikeable characters but there were glimmers of relatability in Eileen. This is a quick read; I can’t say I knew where it was going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual content

kaymichelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia

devilconcrete's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

Eileen is a truly abhorrent human being. Throughout the book she is almost nothing but perverted, hating, homophobic, and misguided. That behind said, I loved this book. The writing style is smooth and vivid, and both pulls you into the moment of the story yet feels like someone sitting down and recalling it for you. There are so many individual dark but beautiful lines in this. The writing really kept me going, if it was written with even a sliver less quality I would have taken this deplorable book and burned it. It has the gritty details and thoughts worth hiding that make it seem terribly terribly real. All the most prominent characters are just as terrible. But they all feel like people. 
Horrendous cast of characters with wretched thoughts and wretched actions.

Reading this book and observing these characters was like pulling entertainment from footage of a trainwreck. But I couldn't bring myself out of it. Riveting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

bookishlypleasant's review against another edition

So I am DNFing this one. I can appreciate the premise and the author's writing style and social commentary, but this just wasn't for me. There were many times when I actually dreaded picking this up to make progress so that combined with some of the topics discussed by the MC made me decide to put this one down. I would like to try something else from this author however, she has a talent for making you feel like you're inside the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape and Stalking