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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

29 reviews

hick's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Classism

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

4.0

Very compelling story, a mix between true crime and dark academia in its themes. Do heed the warnings though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Police brutality

karenvol6's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

All throughout this book I kept wishing I’d read the content warnings before starting it. I kept reading because I wanted to know more about Eileen’s story but it’s such a rough read :/ The author’s other books are comedies compared to this one so maybe either skip this one or just go in prepared! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

meakey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Not for the faint of heart but a classic for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

averagereadin's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.75

First 160 pages was just making me feel miserable afterwards it  got interesting. 
Still not sure if I liked it or not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder

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

flossiepalmer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, and Grief

ardour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-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

5.0

i legit felt reborn as the novel ended

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death and Blood

Extra content warning for the existential dread that’s portrayed for the most part of the novel (I’m thinking of others with existential OCD like me)—HOWEVER important to note that everything changes for Eileen at a certain point in the book and she undergoes a paradigm shift where one (seemingly insignificant thing) makes her realise that her life can have meaning. I found it SUPER cathartic in this way so I’m glad I kept going even though up until then her existential angst was hard to read. ~~~ Why there’s so many TWs - read to get a more accurate perspective on whether it’s the kind of book for you (spoiler free): This book is written from the perspective of Eileen writing about her young adulthood—as an elderly person. A lot of her dark thoughts & xenophobia come from the time when she grew up and the lack of love/care she received as a child. In this way I found it somewhat easier to suspend my reaction to some of the awful things she said. Additionally, Eileen, at the age she is writing the story, wants to portray what kind of person she was back then—warts and all—without trying to distract from what she feels are negative & toxic traits by inspiring sympathy. In this way it’s aggressively honest and Eileen doesn’t want to shield her past self from the judgement she feels she deserves.

nabila99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Abortion, and Classism

ehagerty's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Police brutality