Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

6 reviews

sherri_berri's review against another edition

Disliked the writing style (too much tell, not enought show for me) and found the child sexual descriptions & abuse too disturbing. Im unsure if the plot would have developed, but these first 46 pages (i.e. where I DNFed) felt as if purely for shock value. I went into this book expecting it to be weird, but was disappointed with being served disgusting scene after disgusting scene without any plot or satisfactory characterisations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment and Xenophobia

forloveandroses's review

challenging dark funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I love Ina. (Mostly) 

Also I hope Dibra did run away with her love??? There was no follow up to that.

Poor Ágata. She deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Xenophobia, and Ableism

swamphag42069's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

This was on a "wtf did I just read" list and I mean, that really says it all. Wtf did I just read. Haven't felt this weird since seeing Midsommar for the first time, which I think is a cool thing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Torture, Abandonment, Abortion, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Slavery, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

mraddd's review

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest, Abandonment, Ableism, Pregnancy, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion, Slavery, Suicide, and Xenophobia

flowingleaves's review

A boring, horrifying for the sake of it, slog of a story. The writing's interesting enough, but the story feels pointless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Ableism, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Xenophobia, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual assault

nialiversuch's review

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