A review by svspirium
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark tense
  • Loveable characters? No

3.5

while not new to this particular style, OM takes a hard foray into depravity as an exploration of god and the human condition. the grotesque sequences and heavy content have their place and purpose, but the shock factor grows old after a while. the meditations on the role of women in such societies and how the curtailing of their freedoms were compelling but were overall drowned out by the gore, noise, and debasement.
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