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A review by blau_elmo
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
dark
tense
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
1.0
Just feels like cheap folk horror to me, without real substance. Disturbing things happen throughout the book, revolting things, in fact. Abuse, greed, poverty, hunger and so much breastfeeding for some reason??
The problem is that all this grotesquerie leads to no real pay off. Things just happen for the sake of cheap shock, and then before you know it, the ending comes, and you're left feeling ambivalent.
The world isn't particularly enrapturing either, just a generic feudal village.
I kind of really hate this book.
The problem is that all this grotesquerie leads to no real pay off. Things just happen for the sake of cheap shock, and then before you know it, the ending comes, and you're left feeling ambivalent.
The world isn't particularly enrapturing either, just a generic feudal village.
I kind of really hate this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide and Sexual content