Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

135 reviews

alainral's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Rape, and Abandonment

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Classism, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Death

Minor: Incest

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

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

savshelfinger's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

What if Game of Thrones but NO ONE to root for 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Child abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Cannibalism

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

kayrineck's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, and Child death

Moderate: Abortion

minayana'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was so compelling and well written while also being one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read. Please do yourself a favor and check the trigger warnings before reading! There are so many horrific and horrendous things that happen in this book, and I’ve seen a lot of reviews that feel that they happen just for shock value. I would disagree, I definitely think that the author goes overboard at times, but all the events in the book serve the message of the story. How the rich take advantage of the poor, women’s oppression-being tied down to men and motherhood, how religion is used to suppress the wants and feelings of the underprivileged and make them accepting of their own suffering. I wasn’t able to put this book down during the first half, but I do feel like the ending was a little rushed. Overall, I think it’s a great book but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. It’s definitely not for everybody!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Abandonment, and Abortion

kcakes719's review against another edition

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

chloeforkerway's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Ableism, Abortion, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Classism, Gore, Vomit, and Rape

marxeism's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.25

Weird book about weird and crazy people. If you're looking for a dark story about casual human evil, this is for you. Characters are interesting and diverse, but all but one of them is just awful. Personally I had a hard time getting into this and being invested/following a flow. Kind of reminiscent of game of thrones (the tv show, not the books)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Incest, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal death, Ableism, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder