Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

220 reviews

pickledllama's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.25

This book felt violent for violence sake. I despised it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

grora's review against another edition

dark tense

Moshfegh's best work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Ableism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

autumngrace08's review against another edition

Bad and disgusting. It’s as if the author thought that writing all known atrocities made them a good writer. It doesn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Vomit, Child abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Body horror, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Rape, Incest, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

abibliophagist's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

Moshfegh is really Moshfeghing with this one.

Dark, grimey, disturbing and grotesque.

But somehow enthralling. Like an accidental medieval Saltburn. 

No one is likeable in this book, and everyone from the most pious to the most godless have twisted morals. 

 I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Grief

lady_oracle's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Incest, and Rape

nanostobie's review against another edition

i was simply not strong enough and im sorry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

lau_charest's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Excrement, Blood, Vomit, Suicide, Physical abuse, Gore, Cannibalism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Child death, Rape, Murder, and Incest

v333spertine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Classism, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death, Body horror, Violence, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Gore, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Cannibalism, and Excrement

Moderate: Self harm

kcakes719's review

dark 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

5.0

Opening with that Demi Lovato quote was like a punch in the gut.

I think I might be severely desensitized because this book didn’t gross me out in the way others have described. It certainly has moments where I can see why someone would be disturbed though. This is a medieval slice of life with zero likable characters and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The audiobook narration by the author was *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Slavery, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Vomit, Incest, Alcohol, Bullying, Excrement, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Classism, Grief, and Animal cruelty

literarybitch's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

.... Huh??????????? 

P.S. If you like stories where literally nobody is in the right, go for it, but holy shit dude it's A LOT 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, and Pregnancy