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McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

66 reviews

crow6e098's review against another edition

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4.75

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bloom's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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

2.0

McGlue is the third Ottessa Moshfegh book I’ve finished, the fifth including two DNFs (that I’ll most likely return to). The heart of the story is friendship and the human capacity to love, hate, and, in a way, make one’s own life. All over the backdrop of McGlue being accused of killing his best friend.

In all honesty, if this book had been any longer I don’t think I would have finished it. The story was intriguing but soured by the constant use of slurs. Moshfegh’s usual casts of characters don’t include many “likable” people, and while the choice of language was not surprising, the sheer quantity of it was nonetheless tiring.

McGlue plays back and forth through past and present smoothly, all the while the audience watching as McGlue doesn’t seem to understand what he is being accused of, unable (or perhaps subconsciously unwilling) to fathom the possibility of being responsible for the destruction of the one thing, other than alcohol, that he loves. An interesting journey to follow, I just wish it had hooked me more.

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myrtosfullybooked's review against another edition

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dark sad 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

3.0

McGlue, Ottessa Moshfegh

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emsxrenee's review against another edition

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dark fast-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

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professorbake's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

3.0

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angel_kiiss's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is about 40 pages too long. And what I mean is the 40 pages where f*g is splattered across the page should have been heavily edited. Also, shoehorned racism and an unnecessary drop of the hard r n-word.

Moshfegh is a gifted writer, the last hundred pages reflect this, but I haven’t come across such an ‘edgy’ woman in a very long time. “Oh, she’s raw, she tells it like it is,” can happen without the flippant use of slurs.

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beanwa's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Just gorgeous. This novella is so different from anything else Ottessa Moshfegh's written. I'm completely floored by how she was able to portray this character's voice.

I read the last couple of chapters of this stoned, which was actually fantastic.

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lilamck's review against another edition

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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

2.5

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virgoblin's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

0.5

hey, what the fuck

don’t read this unless you want to hear the f slur repeated no less than 200 times and

a man opening up his skull to touch his own brains (barf)

. I probably should have DNF’ed this one, but I’m trying to get to 150 books for the year and this is a short enough book to justify forcing myself to finish it

a difficult read as always from ottessa mashed potatoes

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bonnie_xx's review against another edition

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dark fast-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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