A review by bethyk
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

2.0

great prose, but a little flat for my taste? i would blame it on the “plot”, but i’ve read other plot-less books and enjoyed them (GIANT virginia woolf fan over here). if you’re going to write an insane old lady, commit. write her to be off the walls. i mean, that’s what i’d personally want to see. it was a little too middle of the road, gaining (slight) momentum after the middle, and….i feel i’m being too brutal. i’ll try another book of hers; this was my first. it wasn’t bad, just not my favorite.