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A review by ya_chitayu
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
mysterious
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 wanted to like it and just didn’t. The beginning was so glacially slow, and while act 2 started to show some promise with the blending of the imagined and the real world, act 3 just fell apart into something too surreal for me and I just didn’t take much away from it- I really didn’t get the point.
I did enjoy the slow building of Walter as a reprehensible husband.
On a final negative note, I literally had to double check what year it was published because the fatphobia/fat shaming in the novel was so unnecessary and felt like it came from the early 2000s. It was gross.
I did enjoy the slow building of Walter as a reprehensible husband.
On a final negative note, I literally had to double check what year it was published because the fatphobia/fat shaming in the novel was so unnecessary and felt like it came from the early 2000s. It was gross.