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imlfox's review against another edition
- 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
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
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.
Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape
adampjt's review against another edition
5.0
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
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
You are in for a ride. Lots of Christianity in here, but not in a missionary sort of way.
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
- 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
Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death, Animal death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship
missmarycrawford's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse
Minor: Child death
amirahazhar's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Incest, Rape, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy
misterbugman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Torture, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Incest, and Stalking
miathy's review against another edition
- 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
Horror isn't a genre I typically read, but Moshfegh's beautiful style of writing is one that I definitely enjoyed.
In the end, I really was expecting more, and it felt a more forced read in the end for me.
This ultimately comes down to reading practices and the atmosphere one is looking for when they're going in for a read. I wasn't reading this to analyse or really to engage my brain at all, and saw it as more of an avenue for entertainment, and this felt like a missed opportunity.
This book is so character focused, and the result is an array of equally complex and compelling characters, each with their own backstory and ability to alter the course of the plot.
I think this is where I lost the direction of the story, because so much of it extends to the village of Lapovna as a whole. As the story progressed, more and more characters were introduced, developed and explained, but I wasn't able to find a connecting link outside the physical acquaintances and relationships between the characters.
I think I definitely have to revisit this book in another time, but it seems that horror is just not something I can handle.
Graphic: Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Murder, and Physical abuse
laurenleannereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Animal death