Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

150 reviews

kirareads02'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was so weird and disgusting but I couldn't stop listening to it. There wad no real sense of plot or movement really it was basically a year in lapvona. 

I don't know what I expected from the ending but it was very fitting. 

Just a weird story and I loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

august_18's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Grief, and Sexism

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Alcohol, Classism, Blood, Death of parent, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit

abi_ch0m's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Animal death, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

missymaus's review against another edition

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

2.25

One of the most grotesque books I've ever read. Interesting but definitely not for the faint of heart/stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gore, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Abortion, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Incest, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

bessadams's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

2.0

I don’t really know what to say about this one. It’s a bleak story set in medieval Europe about terrible people doing terrible things and that’s about it. It’s well written and I didn’t hate it but I didn’t necessarily enjoy myself either. What a weird book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

strawbberryhoney's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

My first thought upon finishing this was what the fuck. And truly, Ottessa Moshfegh, what the fuck. 

I so desperately wanted to like this book. My first introduction to Ottessa Mosfegh was 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation', which I loved, so I had pretty high expectations going into this. However, I was disappointed. The point of view was all over the place, to the point where it was taking me out of the story because I was so confused. The characters were extremely unlikeable, with only a handful having any redeeming qualities. And look, I can handle a bit of grossness. But some parts of this book were just too much for me and felt like they were gross and disturbing for the sake of being gross and disturbing.

Overall, it was just kind of nothing. A lot happens while not much happening at the same time. The characters don't go anywhere and the story tends to go round in circles. I think, to sum it up, the story was just plain boring.

2/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Vomit

this__nerd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

I’ll admit that part of my rating is that I don’t think I “got” the book. This book is just a series of bad things happening to bad people and everyone blaming it on each other and/or god. It did manage to be an effective critique of toxic religious culture and exploitive wealth while also being extremely uncomfortable to read. Major trigger warnings on this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cannibalism, Abortion, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Gore, and Body shaming

lindsayerin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Violence