A review by emilycdennis
Eileen 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 really wanted to like this book, I enjoyed the prose and the first person narrative (I love an unhinged female protagonist), but I thought the pacing was odd and I didn't care for the
child sexual abuse content
. I like dark fiction, but this was a little too much for me.
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