Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

26 reviews

sarahgr's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Torture

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, and Confinement

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Murder, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Infertility, Incest, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Gore, and Emotional abuse

bugcollector's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

gross just for the sake of it doesn't make the book good. 
quite shitty, literally, and very edipus-esqe 
left me feeling 'ugh' and being glad that it's over. 
now it's time to forget, which will be easy for me. 
although I probably should have stopped early on giving that it wasn't giving. 
can be similar to Murakami, if you took the fun and life out, and left the way he writes woman characters and off-putting scenes. 

to conclude, 

It's so bad I want to give you a zero. But that's not possible. so I give you- a one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, and Infertility

katiemanring'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

3.5

What a gruesome novel - Truly a visceral experience that definitely resembles some of the graphic physicality of her other works, but with a weird, haunted, medieval vibe. Very strange and yet still enjoyable if you don’t mind or even like gruesome tales —  but not for the faint of heart.  Highly recommend looking at all the content warnings if you’re unsure. 

Thank you so much to PENGUIN PRESS and NETGALLEY for access to the digital ARC - Releases officially on June 20 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence, Incest, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, and Infidelity

kalayk's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abandonment, Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt