11k reviews for:

O Meu Nome Era Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.57 AVERAGE

bumblebee_'s review against another edition

2.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

claudcon's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

mindgunk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rweaves's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sorryimnotsure's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

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my fav read so far by ottessa moshfegh. feels like you’re in Eileen’s brain the whole time, hearing every weird, obsessive, gross, sad thought. I still think Rebecca was a figment of her imagination (too many overlaps - in their obsessions w the polk boy, the childhood SA stuff - plus she so fully serves Eileen’s desire to be seen and pulled into something exclusive and special) I was hooked!!

bibliolucinda's review against another edition

4.0

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“You can see wealth in people no matter what they're wearing. It's in the cut of their chins, a certain gloss to the skin, a drag and pause to their responsiveness. When poor people hear a loud noise, they whip their heads around. Wealthy people finish their sentences, then just glance back.”

3.5 stars rounded up - aight fine, I'll admit that I've been Ottessa'ed, time to read her entire bibliography ahead of Lapvona

777cloud's review against another edition

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Ottessa takes the darkly humorous side of depression and weaves it into a full narrative

alina_readsalot's review against another edition

3.0

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I thought I would like this book a lot more than I did. I’d say for me it was an extremely slow start to reach the actually plot-line.

harrwriot's review against another edition

4.0

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Eu devia começar dizendo como admiro a capacidade da Ottessa Moshfegh de fazer o leitor sentir compaixão pelos personagens mais repugnantes possíveis. Acredito que isso é um nível de habilidade no ato de criação de uma narrativa que poucos escritores conseguiram alcançar durante suas carreiras, sendo assim, é algo completamente admirável. Uma rara genialidade.

A construção do suspense é tão boa que somente na metade do livro reparei que a história inteira se passava no período de uma semana. Enquanto você lê, é quase impossível acreditar que tudo aquilo fosse capaz de acontecer no espaço de sete dias, o que acredito eu só alimenta ainda mais a absurdidade de tudo.

Eileen é uma protagonista solitária e traumatizada. Suas ações são grotescas, mas não conseguia culpabilizar ela por tudo. Aos meus olhos, ela era a vítima, a cúmplice e a culpada ao mesmo tempo, anulando assim qualquer barbaridade que ela tenha feito ou pensado em fazer.

O final foi interessantíssimo. Ver as peças se encaixando nos últimos dois capítulos me deixou entretida de maneira que não me sentia entretida em um livro desse estilo há muito tempo.

Meu Nome Era Eileen é uma obra de literatura que deve ser aclamada. Com certeza passarei um bom tempo pensando no que li.

mewcolours's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character