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Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

350 reviews

hannaheperry's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Classism

Minor: Excrement and Death of parent

mangonana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

ew ??? omg ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kaiabellamy's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely bizarre and brilliant. I devoured this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

jesslynnking's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

lanamackreads's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leolai's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Disgusting, disturbing and vile and I liked it. This is satire on religion and power and it was brilliant. Lapvona is unapologetic tale about religion's dark corners, showing abuse, patriarchy/misogyny, human stupidity and hypocrisy in piousness. How death is more important than life we are living now. Suffering is a virtue and everyone feels superior to everybody else, justified in their hatred and selfishness. This book is easy to understand but hard to read because it's so dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

yulimaru's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

all the bad reviews made me want to read this. so thanks for that. i really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

cecilyroseceillam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Lapvona was very captivating and was very engaging, it had a lot of references to religion. Like LapVona and Villiam's manor representing heaven and hell; it had a lot to say about class systems and how religion is used to keep people in a certain bracket. I liked the representation of Ina as Eve/ Lilith. It was interesting to see her take part in nurturing all the people in the village with her breast milk, using herbs, and talking to the birds to learn about the world. Ina is my favorite character. It was interesting to learn about her powers, like being immortal through reversing her age. I also liked the symbolism of Cain, God, and Abel shown through Marek, his dad, and his cousin Jacob. The violence they commit to each other to go to heaven makes an interesting parody of how religion is used to justify evil. I also liked the commentary on what happens when taxes come from religion. The cultural impact it had on resources and people's land was shown in the book, as well as the constant fear of going to hell and sinning. The symbolism of the lambs and babes was also clever, and I enjoyed how it related to Marek and the ending. Villiam was also an interesting character because of how sinister he was. It could be referencing William the Conqueror/William the Eighth as he brought religion and taxes to LapVona for the sole purpose of being wealthy while keeping everyone else poor under the guise of God's decree. The philosophical conversations present what existence truly is, if there is a place for humans in the world, and how God seemingly promotes suffering. Seeing how the characters dealt with it was interesting. Overall I highly enjoyed LapVona and think it’s very effective at presenting its message. However, the book didn’t truly land for me since I’m not extremely knowledgeable on the bible, so many references went over my head as I only have a baseline knowledge.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookmuva's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hanner_stritch's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Cannibalism