Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

231 reviews

jeddcole's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicide

kwalker1's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.25

really really strange and unsettling, not sure if i liked it or not but i read the whole thing pretty quickly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Excrement, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, and Suicide

jaygatz114's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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

nasolireads's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

This book felt like a fever dream filled with the most gruesome and depraved things you could ever think of. I found it interesting and wanted to know if it was going to end up more messed up than how it started. But the ending fell flat and it got kind of boring. Even with the little reveal at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Cannibalism

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

cydney's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

The author’s ability to write in a way that makes you feel gross (like you need to wash your hands or brush your teeth), is unfortunately wasted in this book. I pushed through to the end hoping the gratuitous graphic descriptions and situations would lead to some sort of end that was just as elaborate or maybe even provide a reprieve by way of a satisfying ending, but I was left disappointed and annoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion