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A review by ofdogwood
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
3.0
★★★☆☆ 3.8 out of 5
boy, was this hard to stomach at times! i’ll be truthful i took a whole star off for that. with rape and incest, you really couldn’t get much worse. the religiousness of this all, seeing each character’s interpretation of what they have been indoctrinated into knowing from their elders or the church. everyone had strikingly different opinions on god despite all being lapvonians. watching the downfall of many during christmas. you know those parts of the book where your heart starts racing just because you KNOW it’s the climax? yeah. that’s how the entire “winter” chapter felt.
watching marek slowly change after being pulled into the world of high class living was also great, to see his privilege grow and learn the opinions that others around him felt. he went from doing things specifically to piss off jude so that he’d be beat for god to pity him to well…
grigor was boring. sorry your grandkids died or whatever but i didn’t like him or his name.
boy, was this hard to stomach at times! i’ll be truthful i took a whole star off for that. with rape and incest, you really couldn’t get much worse. the religiousness of this all, seeing each character’s interpretation of what they have been indoctrinated into knowing from their elders or the church. everyone had strikingly different opinions on god despite all being lapvonians. watching the downfall of many during christmas. you know those parts of the book where your heart starts racing just because you KNOW it’s the climax? yeah. that’s how the entire “winter” chapter felt.
watching marek slowly change after being pulled into the world of high class living was also great, to see his privilege grow and learn the opinions that others around him felt. he went from doing things specifically to piss off jude so that he’d be beat for god to pity him to well…
grigor was boring. sorry your grandkids died or whatever but i didn’t like him or his name.