Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

29 reviews

lissybeth91's review against another edition

It just... Went from one gross thing to another. The only likeable character died in his first scene. I decided I'd had enough when got to a rape scene presented without any sense of horror or pity on behalf of the victim.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

I liked this more than my year of rest and relaxation but still it had no plot. It’s just nonsense from start to finish I need to stop listening to booktok recs lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abandonment, Ableism, Incest, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Rape, Abortion, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

sarahgr's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Torture

sportie55's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Rape, Abandonment, Death, Excrement, Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, and Confinement

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, and Confinement

sincerelylogan's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book was nasty. And I mean that in both senses of the word - it was mean spirited and it was, quite literally, gross. (I suppose for a brutal portrayal of feudal life in the middle ages, that could be expected?) I do not feel like the book's blurb did justice to what the book was actually about. Moshfegh has an absolute talent for lyricism and a bizarre POV, but this just wasn't for me. At the end,  I’m not sure what was the point of all the cruelty and disgusting scenarios. It seemed all too absurd to be meaningful, but too heavy to be funny. What is satire without the humor called?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia

surlyjackson's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Filthy and depraved and unputdownable, a literary car crash. Her first foray into an omniscient narrator in a novel was a brilliant one with even the side characters being fully fleshed out. For fans of Robert Eggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Rape, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Animal death, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury