Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

83 reviews

lameura's review

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

cleomewilkinson's review

dark 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

3.5

"Looking at my reflection really did soothe me, though I hated my face with a passion. Such is the life of the self-obsessed" p. 15

"He had an ominous kind of stillness, like a slingshot being pulled back too hard" p. 28

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Vomit

fandomsandfiction's review

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Car accident, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Pedophilia

vbarsi's review

dark reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Torture, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Stalking, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

randisworld's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a very dark story of a young woman with a difficult life. It covers lots of gritty topics but is written very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

hlb2023's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Self harm, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Homophobia

raisinreads's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I wanted a bit more from the plot of the book, but it was the writing style that absolutely sucked me in. I know there's a movie out based on it now, which I am unsure about watching as the main virtue of this book by far was the prose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Murder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Incest, and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage

hick's review

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: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

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

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

laurengarc19's review

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

picturing these characters and the scenery was (mostly) fun. reading this book was like eating an entire cake in the dark: greedy, revolting, indulging. i couldn’t help but love her, eileen, in all her holden caulfield -esque depravity. fair warning though: this is not for those with a weak stomach. moshfegh’s debut is an instant classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Rape

Moderate: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit

meakey's review

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