Reviews with content warning for Self harm - McGlue

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McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

17 reviews

channamason's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.5

I did not really like this book. I felt it hard to understand and keep up with— which feel purposeful as McGlue goes in and out of drunk states and nightmares and memories, haunted by ghosts that appear to him. McGlue is a classic unreliable narrator which made me have a hard time with the book. it’s so short yet I never felt swept away by the book.

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elise_allberry's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is very well written in the way that it conveys alcoholism, however for this reason the prose can often be very confusing and difficult to understand. Despite this, I found myself very attached and sad for the main character by the time I got to the end. A very open ended and ambivalent ending.

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