A review by thebarandthebookcase
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

5.0

This novel reaffirms Ottessa Moshfegh as one of my favorite writers. I don’t think this novel is for everyone, but I’d be remiss not to press this novel into all of your hands in the hopes that you’ll love it as much as I did. If you’ve read a Moshfegh novel before, you should expect a Moshfegh-ian narrator here as well. This book is her take on a murder mystery novel, as we follow an elderly woman living alone with her dog as she attempts to solve a murder upon finding a mysterious note during a walk in the woods. The reader quickly learns that this is not your conventional murder mystery. The end left me confused and shocked in the best way, and I’m dying for this book to be published to get more opinions on it. I’m not a re-reader, but I’m already itching to dive back into the dark woods of this strange novel.