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I finally finished reading Eileen after so many days and procrastination. Though it may be too high of a score, I rated it three stars on GoodReads. I like the first fifty pages or so. I found the narration and how Moshfegh gets you in the mind space of the main character greatly engrossing. However, nothing happened for the next fifty pages, creating a hundred pages of a woman acting so disgusting and weird when doing mostly normal things. When Rebecca was introduced, things started to pick up, but Eileen’s relationship with Rebecca felt unrealistic and happened too fast.

Then the final part of the book was horrid. Why would Rebecca completely trust her to help her do something incredibly illegal when they barely knew each other for a few days? Moshfegh should have introduced Rebecca earlier and gotten rid of the whole thing of the book taking place in a week. If she set up their relationship earlier and shown a greater passage of time, then their relationship wouldn’t feel so unrealistic. Additionally, it made zero sense why Rebecca cared about Lee Polk so much. She barely started her job. I sincerely believe the book is in need of a major rewrite.