A review by cocktailolivess
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark slow-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

Gross, intriguing, and symbolic. I thought it might go somewhere but it was really just about the characters and was a wild ride. Took me a while but kept coming back to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism