Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

350 reviews

pavonated's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

 Perverse, yes. But "provocative"? It's not substantial enough. A tour through a cast of characters being miserable, and taking pleasure in another's misery. It's set in a "medieval fiefdom" that has about as much grounding in history as Monty Python, except not funny or satire and instead boring and stale. The whole 'everyone used to live in muck and mud' thing is so trite. Doesn't help the lack of substance. Plenty of graphic sexual violence for.... Some reason. There's not really a reason to anything here. If I'm being generous, characters seem to switch between masks of different purposes and analogies frequently, so nothing is said in the end. We're all sinners I guess? We're all damned? Everyone has a capacity for cruelness and innocence? I could've put this book down at any point and gotten the same thing out of it. I only finished it because I have nothing else to read on this train.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Incest

megann853's review against another edition

4.0

V hesitant on this rating!!! Idk!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

claudialucas99'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Incest, Suicide, and Abortion

polysemy's review against another edition

I found the book too triggering and bleak for me. I understand that the purpose was to disgust and alienate the reader, but it did this too well for me to find it redeemable. The graphic description of rape was the last straw for me and I just couldn’t continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, and Classism

books_and_sea_salt's review against another edition

It's just too much. The absurd and disgusting details can be valuable or even a niche, but this was just so over the top. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

charprid's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

mel_ingle'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

2.0

Just not for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

charlisaurus's review against another edition

4.5

i love this book and how everyone is a complete freak show <3 please read content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

shsquared's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Damn, these people are fucked up

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Incest, Vomit, and Cannibalism

aaanyaaa's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

Sigmund Freud would love this book

This is somehow one of the best and worst books I’ve ever read but I loved it?? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Suicide