Status Updates From Eileen

alright, she’s met Rebecca. let’s get this show on the road.

“Nowadays I often have to leave a room or walk away when a person near to me smells bad. I don’t mean the smell of sweat and dirt, but a kind of artificial, caustic smell, usually from people who disguise themselves in creams and perfumes. These highly scented people are not to be trusted. They are predators. They are like the dogs who roll around in one another’s feces. It’s very disturbing.”

Eileen is fucking crazy. in the movie they definitely do NOT place even half the emphasis on her mental instability, so reading the book is kinda shocking for me. i read a bit of lapvona as well and the story was batshit insane too so maybe it's just an Ottessa Moshfegh thing?

Very slow but loving the imagery still