3.57 AVERAGE

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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
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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Ottessa Moshfegh is Chuck Palahniuk for women. Took off a star just because I didn't looooove it, but an enjoyable and dark read.
dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read this book simply so I could read jacob’s review of this… and needless to say he summed my thoughts quite well. Always a pleasure miss ottessa
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No