Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

196 reviews

mimakate's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

Bizarre writing, some elements of magic in this story but the author seems to really enjoy writing disgusting and horrifying imagery. Gross characters. But good writing. Read for our book club and am sure it’ll make an interesting discussion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

historybabe's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Where do I even begin..... Honestly, I have never had to put down a book so many times in my life. I was shocked by the sheer depravity within its pages. If you can imagine a sin, it is in this novel. If you want to be sick to your stomach by all means, read it. I'm going to go take a hot bath in bleach and read my Bible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Pregnancy, Violence, and Vomit

lena_pls's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

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

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

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

xradioactive_'s review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Not gonna lie, this was a very hard read for its grotesque nature— but it was incredibly worth it. I was taken aback by how graphic and disturbing this novel was, however, I found it to be very compelling and thought the story was well-crafted. I’ve never read anything quite like this before, and only Ottessa could make me enjoy something so gross and dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Rape, Misogyny, Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal death, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Death