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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
1.0
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

there are very few good things about this books LMAO its like all the miniscule problems i had with MYORR were tenfold in this

elieen is super fucking boring and also a major hypocrite. she is racist, homophobic, a deeply closeted bisexual, a pedophile, and filled to the brim with internalized misogyny like pick a struggle omfg

her racism and intense fatphobia throughout the book really just feels like moshfeghs projections about people of colour and anyone who weighs more than like ~130 lbs

im really mad i was advertised to this book based on a couple of people claiming this was a thriller/unhinged version of carol/the price of salt which first of the the fact this book is being sold as a thriller is insane and secondly it should be a crime to compare this to carol 😭