Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

194 reviews

evelynritzi's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Absolutely vile and insufferable characters but I couldn’t stop reading 😳 I think the point was how religion/capitalism is used to control over people who don’t know any better. Those in power are often terrible people who couldn’t care less for those under them. It had an overall theme of life is meaningless/“stupid” which is pretty annoying after a while. Not sure what to think! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Rape

sassafrasreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

So gross and strange but a really good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Ableism, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Violence, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Child death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Incest, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

wwvan3ssa's review against another edition

I love the commentary on religion and class. However, this book also comments on things that most books don’t acknowledge and it gets gross. I simply didn’t have the stomach for it, which is not to say that this book is bad. For me it’s a definite 4 stars, but, the open talk of poop, semen, spit, and breast milk..i couldn’t eat and read this. 

SPOILERS!!! 

I pushed through but i skipped the grape scene because i felt nauseous, and then I made it to Ina eating spiders and later eating another human. I just couldn’t do it 😭. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Body horror, Pedophilia, Gore, Excrement, Child abuse, and Death

niamhhurley27'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

i will never look at grapes again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Kidnapping, Gore, Death, Child abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Excrement, Abortion, Body horror, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Rape

marimarifer's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, and Body horror

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

kkmcore's review against another edition

dark

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Rape, Child death, and Violence

janfiler99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Rape, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Abortion, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

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