Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

140 reviews

liv_1810's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

This book was a whole rollercoaster, and there were times I had to put it down to digest what I’d just read. But I loved how provocative it was and how it really made me sit and think deeply about what I was reading. The morally grey (if not completely immoral) characters were written so well and so deeply that it was hauntingly perfect. Definitely not for the faint-hearted but beautifully done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Incest, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

klilla's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Child death

amelieedenn's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

reading this was kind of like witnessing a car crash - awful but I also couldn’t look away

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cannibalism

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Animal death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abortion, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Classism, Vomit, Blood, and Kidnapping

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Incest, Abortion, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Classism, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

toujours753's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Chronic illness, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Torture, Vomit, Gaslighting, Excrement, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Infertility, Incest, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Stalking

makayla_m812's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Animal death, Infertility, Death of parent, Gore, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide

sherri_berri's review against another edition

Disliked the writing style (too much tell, not enought show for me) and found the child sexual descriptions & abuse too disturbing. Im unsure if the plot would have developed, but these first 46 pages (i.e. where I DNFed) felt as if purely for shock value. I went into this book expecting it to be weird, but was disappointed with being served disgusting scene after disgusting scene without any plot or satisfactory characterisations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment and Xenophobia

maddievoll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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

I have such mixed feelings. I love the message of this novel and what it stands for but it was hard to read. At times it was boring or repetitive. I enjoyed the ending of this novel and love this author. Worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexism, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Rape, Abandonment, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Animal death, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

b00murded's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

kind of disgusting in a "car crash you can't look away from" kind of way 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Blood, Child death, Self harm, Body shaming, Death, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Death of parent