Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

10 reviews

kmcgraw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

I felt at times it was slow and repetitive but I was truly enthralled from the beginning. I read this in two days and couldn’t put it down. Deals with very dark/heavy themes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Excrement, Suicide, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Abortion, and Police brutality

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

zara89's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Vomit, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Incest, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

malb's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Suicide, and Animal death

katieohara's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.25

I think that this book is one of the best examples of a character study that I have read this year. As a native New Englander if also has a certain sense of for lack of a better word, dark charm for me. However, the book is hurtling you to this big bad moment that it hints at, but it just didn’t feel as bad as I was expecting. But honestly I might just be a spoiled reader to used to the horrifying details of murder podcasts and criminal minds. Perhaps what happened is sick enough and the author is making a subtle point that if you are looking for perversion you are no better than the spoiled rich girl not realizing her idealism has consequences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Classism, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Incest, Animal death, Stalking, Murder, Eating disorder, Confinement, Rape, and Alcoholism

asapphicandacat's review

challenging dark funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book kept me really engaged in eileen’s story. i love how the author writes her dark and brooding characters where you cannot stand them but are also fascinated with them. definitely could’ve done without all the fatphobia though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Vomit, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Murder

weisej's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Plot-Twist der Wahnsinn. Ich liebe, wie abgefuckt dieses Buch ist. So absolut absurd. Vor allem die Interaktionen zwischen Eileen und Rebecca und Eileens Wahrnehmung von Rebecca. Das Buch ist völlig pessimistisch, düster und deprimierend  auf eine sehr befriedigende Art und Weise. Ich war in der Stimmung für einen leidenden Charakter, in dessen Leben alles scheiße ist und wurde von Eileen nicht enttäuscht. Wirklich alles. Love it. Love Eileen. Sie ist die Verkörperung von "Wenn sie vom Hochhaus springt, springst du hinterher".  Alles ist soooo schön absurd abgefuckt. <3 Spannend ist auch, dass die Vorgeschichte des eigentlichen Ereignisses den Großteil des Buches ausmacht. Die Origin Story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

beckybb0's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

It's meticulously raw. You get to see Eileen being her, sad and self-centered self. Nevertheless, I come to really like the writing. I found it a bit tasking at first but I always have a soft spot for detailed POV. I find it fascinating that the author manages to capture how humane Eileen is with her flawed characteristic and how she lives her monotonous life. 

More on the plot, I think the end is

not really that satisfying. But isn't that appropriatefor Eileen? I think out of all endingsout there, this ending and her relationships with people is so unmistakably her.

 

Most importantly, be careful with the TWs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Self harm

orireading's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

dizzyindecision's review against another edition

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

1.5

I really had higher expectations for this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Suicide