Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

199 reviews

emilymyra's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

sierrainstitches's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

Found this on a tiktok promising weird books for weird girls. Solid choice. Good if you’re an Ari Aster girly. Absolutely do not recommend reading while breastfeeding your infant/baby/child….? I guess I wish there would have been at least one likable character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, and Cannibalism

quirkko24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Torture, and Vomit

marino_sln's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lyricdeletedherinsta's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

savshelfinger's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.0

What if Game of Thrones but NO ONE to root for 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Cannibalism

autumngrace08's review against another edition

Bad and disgusting. It’s as if the author thought that writing all known atrocities made them a good writer. It doesn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Abandonment

bloupibloupreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Imagine having top quality ingredients and yet still baking a disastrous cake because you can’t follow the recipe correctly. This was my opinion on Ottessa Moshfegh’s “My Year of Rest and Relaxation”. This opinion still stands with her latest book, Lapnova. 

The intrigue picked my curiosity, the idea in itself is great but the way Moshfegh worked around with it was just not it. It’s always tell, never shown, the book is trying to be “something” deep in a way but completely fails because there is no substance, there’s nothing concrete in this story. 

For My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh just scratched  the top of an amazing idea with her fingernail and never tried to go deeper, here she sprinkles a semblance of deeper knowledge onto a great idea, she works around it never on it. She adds stuff here and there, left and right to the story that just makes everything feel a little bit too much. The book just comes off as trying too hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Excrement, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

carolinachiesa96's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

The moral of the story is: abortion 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

lau_charest's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment