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Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Ableism, Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Grief, Cannibalism, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity, Blood
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Cannibalism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Abortion, Abandonment
I wanted to like this book. At first, the descriptions of a disabled boy and his father seem compelling, idyllic, and strangely curious. But for all of that initial image, the following pages plunged me in a deeper state of disillusion and abhorrence. While this is not written as historical fiction, it clearly takes inspiration from life in the Dark Ages, though the only art this book partakes in is its illustrative slaughter. The social critiques are sluggish, unclever, and lazy all throughout, necessitating the use of cruelty and grotesque depictions to drive home the "points," which are nothing more than mockery when compared to solid and anchored socio-political commentarists, such as Agustina Bazterrica. Truly, the latter author is now, in my mind, a genius when contrasted with Lapvona. Besides this, the book lacked a clear north, an anchor. The book is full of scenes that, even for a work of fiction, are completely implausible. The narration often includes the perspectives of characters whose voice is irrelevant to the story, and thus make it more hollow and senseless. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica was a richer, denser, and more historically and politically anchored book than this. Ottessa Moshfegh is nothing but a clown masquerading literary deftness.
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Cannibalism
Moderate: Child abuse, Violence