Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh

Book Overview

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

"Lapvona flips all the conventions of familial and parental relations, putting hatred where love should be or a negotiation where grief should be . . . Through a mix of witchery, deception, murder, abuse, grand delusion, ludicrous conversations, and cringeworthy moments of bodily disgust, Moshfegh creates a world that you definitely don't want to live in, but from which you can't look away."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593300289
• ISBN13: 9780593300282
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Expect the Unexpected

I truly took a journey with this book and had a hard time putting it down, despite how strange it was in places. I found myself unable to anticipate what would happen next. The author constructs the story in such a way that a character I once adored became a character that I despised, and vice versa. The story is full of complex and morally grey characters to the point that you really aren't sure who you should be rooting for, if anyone at all. As you try to decipher the motivation behind each character, the plot continues to thicken and more discoveries come to light that will leave you feeling unnerved and apprehensive about what lies ahead for these characters.