Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

385 reviews

emmatrenche's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.0

This has scarred images into my brain I can never unsee. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape and Incest

emilymyra's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

whoisrois's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

The Villiamian urge to watch YouTube while I eat

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Self harm, Rape, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

kayarosee'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This was a weird book. And I don’t think there was really any meaning behind anything. I genuinely think Moshfegh wrote this book just to weird people out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Murder

vonny_coy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

First book I've read by Moshfegh, so I'm not used to how she writes. This was a struggle to read through; there are no chapter breaks, the only breaks you get are with indented paragraphs spaced apart, the book wasn't really focused on a plot in particular, and despite the blurb on the back describing occult happenings there was little to none. Overall, the book is filled with misery and the suffering of all the characters involved in a telling of a fictional historic medieval town, and the only technical plot point that barely keeps the story going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

i barely got into this book before dnfing bc i could tell that i wasn’t going to like it. not at all what i was expecting? very dark and uncomfortable for me. this feels like another otessa moshfegh mcglue to me so i just stopped while i was ahead. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Death

lilyethington's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, and Pedophilia

uranuz's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Physical abuse, Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence

crybaby_chloe's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

enticingly filthy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Abortion, and Animal death

manicaxolotl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, and Child abuse