A review by cleomewilkinson
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

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

3.5

"Looking at my reflection really did soothe me, though I hated my face with a passion. Such is the life of the self-obsessed" p. 15

"He had an ominous kind of stillness, like a slingshot being pulled back too hard" p. 28
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