A review by venusect
Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

Ottessa successfully made Eileen such an unlikeable character while keeping me invested! For me that was what kept the slow pace of the novel in balance. You’re just following Eileen in the week leading up to Christmas with a lot of her little dark and strange thoughts mixed in with some flashbacks that tell us more about her choices and her life at that point in time. Some of the shit she said made me just need to put down the put for sec and stare off into space.
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