Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

582 reviews

emmaj_xo's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

A bizarre folk horror tale. Not as shocking as it had been pitched to me, but i think that’s more a matter of taste - and I’ve a strong stomach.

Was an easy, fast pace read for me and i enjoyed the mysterious setting and strange cast of characters.

Enjoyed this enough to read more Moshfegh. I only come away feeling I need to read more folk horror (a genre I love in film) as it fell short of fully scratching that itch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Gore

jully_bean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Murder, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

lucymight's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Cannibalism

hfrancesh's review against another edition

dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Ableism, Sexual assault, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Excrement and Classism

illiterateape's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.75

It’s like midsommar but wayyyy more yucky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Child death, Animal death, and Child abuse

imlfox's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 uncomfortable in so many ways. Really compelling and well written but just so unpleasant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Self harm, Incest, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

corebooks's review against another edition

2.0

Otessa is a sickenly good writer. Many of the events are out of my comfort zone. Sometimes i went to bed and was unable to sleep bc of how disgusting a chapter was.

 Yet, i couldn't stop. 

She shines a microscope on a degeneracy of men, the mass poverty inherent to a fiefdom, the dirt, grime, sickness, and violence of it all. Nothing is off the table. 

Then, the part with pedophilia and rape came, and i could no longer say that i truly enjoyed this tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

adampjt's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective

5.0

one of the strangest things I've ever read and one of the best. tore through this and loved every page

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Child death, Animal death, Alcohol, Excrement, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Incest

cleotheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

Holier than thou.
You are in for a ride. Lots of Christianity in here, but not in a missionary sort of way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Incest, Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Infidelity, Self harm, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage

mreinstadtler's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death, Animal death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship