Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

88 reviews

gloebugg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I throughly enjoyed this book, although it is dark and twisted and all of the characters are really awful people. The story is engaging and I couldn't put it down!
I felt like it was Game of Thrones in setting and topics, with the mysticism of Pans Labyrinth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Child abuse, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Animal death, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, and Vomit

minaopal's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Sexual assault, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, and Self harm

bellepierson's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Rape

Minor: Abortion

kirareads02's review

challenging dark 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

4.25

This book was so weird and disgusting but I couldn't stop listening to it. There wad no real sense of plot or movement really it was basically a year in lapvona. 

I don't know what I expected from the ending but it was very fitting. 

Just a weird story and I loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

august_18's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Grief, and Sexism

abi_ch0m's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Animal death, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

missymaus's review against another edition

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

2.25

One of the most grotesque books I've ever read. Interesting but definitely not for the faint of heart/stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gore, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Abortion, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Incest, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

scarfires's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gore, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Abortion, Ableism, Mental illness, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abandonment

nixieba25f's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Self harm

_bxllxe_'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

This is Pillars Of The Earth with a dash of splatterpunk and Ottessa Moshfegh’s signature sweaty-pitted malaise. This is One Hundred Years Of Solitude-level magical realism, complete with Gabriel Garcia Marquez-esque predatory sexual perversion. This is an irreverent guffaw at religion, classism, and politics. This is disgusting. This is weird. This comes second only to Animal Farm as my favorite book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, Death, Murder, Classism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Suicide, and Eating disorder