A review by flowingleaves
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.

A boring, horrifying for the sake of it, slog of a story. The writing's interesting enough, but the story feels pointless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy