Reviews - Mi Nombre Era Eileen

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Mi Nombre Era Eileen

Ottessa Moshfegh

3.57 AVERAGE

nina_vr's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shelbylynnn's review against another edition

4.0

Probably the most disgusting book I’ve read? I feel like I need to take a shower after finishing this but I also sort of loved being in Eileen’s fucked up mind. Every sentence was so full of disturbing imagery that I felt like I could smell and taste every awful scenario. As much as I didn’t want to relate to Eileen, this was definitely of one of the most accurate depictions I’ve read of the intense shame that surrounds growing up female. Didn’t know there was a movie until I read other reviews so that’s next up on my to-do list now!

y4ndsl's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

abagail99's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

shannon_white1099's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

beckyfrench's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional sad 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

It took 200 pages for much of anything to happen and the book is under 300 pages. I so badly want to be in the Moshfegh club but this was too slow for me.

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