A review by calisbooklog
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark 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

2.25

I'm just frustrated. This should have a been a short story, or a novella at most. I prefer character-driven stories but when you get to the halfway point and still nothing of notice has happened, your reading journey starts to drag a little. Eileen's thoughts could only be so interesting before they became repetitive and dull. I got the gist of her psyche less than 50 pages in, her motivations are pretty clear and didn't need to be dwelled upon as much as they were. 

Basically, the material didn't have enough substance to actually be a fleshed-out novel.
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