Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

91 reviews

maryamgo9909's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Gaslighting

pkc's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

It’s weird to think that a book so profoundly dark also has some of the wittiest prose I’ve read to date, but this does. A lot of heavy lifting was done by the last 50-60 pages of this for me in terms of how it impacted the star rating, but the preceding 200-odd are a fascinating character study of the eponymous Eileen and her less-than-desirable circumstances. She put me in mind of a much (MUCH) darker Eleanor Oliphant. Please do read the trigger warnings before you read this book, just in case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

interpersonalbs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

amandayounglund's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

celbl8o's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mila7's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Vomit

julianimal's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

gnomeypilled's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal debut by Ottessa Moshfegh. Anti-protagonist Eileen is a horrible, awful, wonderful character who I was engaged with her the whole time. Shocking twist that made me put the book down and cry and laugh for a few minutes. Really beautiful use of imagery and symbolism. Never heard a story quite like this one, but it definitely takes some inspiration from Plath’s The Bell Jar. I will think about this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

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

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

I think this would have worked better as a short story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent