Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

182 reviews

messedupmouth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

rgracyalny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

gabi_06's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Classism

brindolyn's review

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

megano_oregano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

geraldinerowe's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I'm not entirely sure what this book was about, but I enjoyed it. Yes, the book is gory and unpleasant at times, but not unnecessarily so as It's set in unpleasant times (although not quite in our universe as there are magical elements). The masses being kept in poverty by an idiot man-child ruler advised by a self-serving hypocrite could be a story for our time, as it could for pretty much any other time. Power corrupts. The consequences of blind faith. Any of these things could be the message of Lapvona. Whatever the case, I'll miss this grumpy bunch of characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

daydreamsofareader's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

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

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

lady_bountiful's review

challenging dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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