Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

159 reviews

gabbers112233's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Incest, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

_iceteana_'s review

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

3.25

I had to push myself through reading it because it was dragged on the long side, and i guess its not really my genre of books, but all in all i laughed and looked scared after reading it: so thats nice?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

emacmillan's review

Too graphic 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Torture, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Body horror, Self harm, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Vomit, Child death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Gore, Grief, Excrement, and Emotional abuse

mizuki347's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Abortion, Ableism, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Death, and Violence

vvabecca's review

dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

archer3's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Vile, disgusting, perverse, and extremely grotesque. Certain passages made me physically recoil. Yet, somehow, I loved the story. It was very well-written and I couldn't stop reading. I loved the third person narration that gave insight into the intricacies of so many different characters. I absolutely hated the main characters, and didn't care about the other ones in the slightest, but that was definitely the point. Going back and forth between so many characters and reading their views and personal opinions on each other didn't leave enough time to start liking any of them anyway, and it was genuinely great and so cool to read. Seeing their varying beliefs and conflicting viewpoints was fascinating and gave the story so much more depth and complexity. The subtle message about how differing perspectives alter perceptions, beliefs, and circumstances was striking. 
Some plot points were really not wrapped up well, though.

What on earth was up with Ina taking the horse's eyes?? That felt like very sloppy writing, it just didn't make sense. It seemed it only happened for the shock value. I would've liked there to be a passage about what happened to Dibra. I also didn't enjoy how Jude faded out of the story and then was randomly brought back to replace Luka. I wish that whole situation could've been explained better (like how they even found his cave, for example).

But on the other hand, there were some plot points that I actually really loved and thought were developed perfectly (

such as Marek's biological father being the bandit he kissed at the beginning

). 
I did not find this book predictable at all, and I loved it. Definitely not for everyone, though. (Don't read it if you have a weak stomach...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Gore, Murder, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child death, Pedophilia, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Miscarriage

ofavalley's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Animal death, Rape, Child death, Animal cruelty, Incest, Vomit, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Child abuse

allyre's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Incest, and Mental illness

applesodaperson's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is nauseating and addicting at the same time.
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

bayrayj's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was hard to read at some points. The beautiful language of The author was juxtaposed by the horrors of living through famine in futile servitude to an absurd lord. There are all sorts of trigger warning to give for this book, but I still kind of enjoyed it. The whole thing felt like watching a car crash over the course of 300 pages. I cringed and Icked and laughed and gagged. The story was not my favorite, but the writing was immaculate and that made it worth the read at least 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent