Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

147 reviews

twelvekindsoftrouble's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

I enjoyed this only sometimes. The writing and characters were often difficult to connect with, and I guess this just wasn’t my kind of weird. Could have been worse though; the plot and setting were really unique. Also Grigor rules.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Abortion, Pedophilia, Sexism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, and Gore

mollylikethedrug_'s review

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

archivofrances's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Pregnancy, Torture, Abortion, Gore, Incest, Slavery, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mnatale100's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Abortion, Confinement, Excrement, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Incest

gonzogamer's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Gore, Incest, Death, Excrement, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Ableism, Alcohol, and Animal death

AND MORE

bbnanya's review

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Suicide

whitelotusreads'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

3.25

The depravity never stops. Still a decent read, but I reckon I wouldn’t read this ever again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Vomit, Excrement, Body horror, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Gore, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion and Pedophilia

Minor: Child death

kaiyakaiyo'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

0 stars! this was unmitigated shit

frankly if you liked anything about this book you should be put on a watchlist. this book is full of rape, child rape, cannibalism, incest, and horrific combinations of those things for shock value & shock value only.

page after page of disgusting, depraved, and depressing nonsense with 0 cohesion. no plot or interesting character development to justify the lack of plot. the “magical realism” is just some handwavy vague bullshit. just rape after assault and some people eating thrown in for funsies! idk what the author’s other books are like but this one alone warrants jail time

what an awful fucking read! wouldn’t recommend to a person i hated. the 5 star review people are freaks and i want them investigated 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Incest, Miscarriage, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Abortion, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide

youngluteplayer's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Easily the most fucked-up book I’ve ever read. Sick, depraved, perverse. It made me squirm!!!!!

So why did I like it so much 😅😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Classism, Murder, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Death, Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Cannibalism, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death

emacmillan's review

Too graphic 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Torture, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Body horror, Self harm, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Vomit, Child death, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Incest, Gore, Grief, Excrement, and Emotional abuse