Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

45 reviews

sportie55's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Cannibalism

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Pedophilia, Violence, and Abortion

sincerelylogan's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

This book was nasty. And I mean that in both senses of the word - it was mean spirited and it was, quite literally, gross. (I suppose for a brutal portrayal of feudal life in the middle ages, that could be expected?) I do not feel like the book's blurb did justice to what the book was actually about. Moshfegh has an absolute talent for lyricism and a bizarre POV, but this just wasn't for me. At the end,  I’m not sure what was the point of all the cruelty and disgusting scenarios. It seemed all too absurd to be meaningful, but too heavy to be funny. What is satire without the humor called?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia

surlyjackson's review against another edition

• 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? Yes

4.75

Filthy and depraved and unputdownable, a literary car crash. Her first foray into an omniscient narrator in a novel was a brilliant one with even the side characters being fully fleshed out. For fans of Robert Eggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury