Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Taste attributes: psychologicaldramathrillerslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticenclosedself destruction/implosioncomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect an intimate, unsavoury book, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
"A lonely young woman working in a boys' prison outside Boston in the early 60s is pulled into a very strange crime, in a mordant, harrowing story of obsession and suspense"--
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- Author
- Ottessa Moshfegh
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 272
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- Open Library
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