Reviews

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

sydneyonearth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

eena's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

reading this book made me feel like i was back at the very first time i got drunk to the point of blackout and i hated that feeling because it’s one of the many traumas i have that i didn’t want to relive

as always i love how ottessa humanises horrible characters, however, there’s just too many slurs here that you will end up saying “is this really necessary to the whole story?” and the answer is always no

do i recommend this? no, not at all, i’m glad i read this but there was a reason why i didn’t want to read it back during the time that i was sooooo obsessed with moshfegh’s writing

aledic's review

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

willand90's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.5

nowuseemia's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

baby_commie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

caterinagberti's review

dark 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

2.75

meleekatremblay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

francitara's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

5.0

kharri13's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A typical mossfegh book for me