A review by caroline_mclaughlin
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging 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

2.0

This book is absolutely not for me. I love quirky writing and character work, but this is solely an incredibly pessimistic character study of some of the most mundanely terrible people in existence. It’s matter of fact and incredibly descriptive prose makes it clear the author is very observant of the world around her but simultaneously thinks the worst of everyone. I will say the last few stories were much more interesting and had more value than any of the rest, but with the meandering, somewhat pointless nature of all of them, they still weren’t worth it to me. This was truly one of the most difficult books to get through, as each time I picked it up I felt intensely negative afterwards, and it thoroughly put me off Mosfegh’s writing.