A review by emmablue
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

slow-paced

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

2.5

i enjoy awful women very much but its less fun when they are so ashamed of their own awfulness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, and Terminal illness