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Eileen

By: Ottessa Moshfegh
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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Summary

The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman, trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's carer and her day job as a secretary at the prison.

When the charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted and unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship.

In a Hitchcockian twist, her affection for Rebecca ultimately pulls her into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.

©2015 Ottessa Moshfegh (P)2015 Recorded Books Inc Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Mind-bending Scary Crime

Critic reviews

"Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling." ( The Times)
"Excellent...a taut, well-written, and completely engrossing novel...culminating in a dynamite ending." ( Boston Globe)
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A dark, tragic tale, but so brilliantly written and performed. Highly recommended but please read with a compassionate heart.

Dark but brilliant

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Eileen is unpleasant. And no matter how well the book about Eileen is written (it is actually great), it does not appeal to me as a reader.

Brilliant. And disturbing. And very repulsive.

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pretty engrossing listen but paced very slowly and then has a quick sprint finish. Maybe part of the appeal but felt like there was a lot of build up in a lot of areas only some of which paid off

Worth it

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Well narrated story, where the suspense builds until the twist.

The story was gently written, coming of age story, a bit laboured with adjectives.

Slowly winds the reader into the twist

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This will stay with me for a long time. A very uncomfortable listen, so beautifully written. Eileen seems so incredibly real to me. Highly recommend!

Unsettling

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