Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

39 reviews

mcalzatet's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Murder, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

meghansolo's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I hated every second of this book. Well written, but incredibly, incredibly dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Death, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Racism

sandysmith's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.75

Blimey, what a book, page long sentences, and really graphic, depraved, and intense writing. It was read as a book club choice, and had it not been, it would have been my first ever did not finish! Too dark and nasty for me. If you do decide to read it, the trigger points are many, so please see what they are before reading. However, the writing was just like a hurricane, never ending and intense. I can see why others rate this book but not for me. Sorry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Murder, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Car accident, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexism, and Suicide

siobhanward's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

 I don't think I really knew what I was getting into when I picked this up, but this was a decent read. I'm curious how it would have differed in its original text, rather than in translation, but it was still well-written and interesting. This story was hard to read and was a picture of the reality of of poverty, trauma and violence in a small Mexican village. A lot of the book was challenging to read - absolutely check TWs before reading it. The different narrators throughout the book were interesting and I enjoyed how each narrator was connected to each other and to the main storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Incest

tessamoose's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Racism, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Incest, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abortion, Grief, Gore, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Stalking, Sexual content, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Murder

jacque18's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder

kellymfitzgerald's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Incest, Pedophilia, and Murder

gillian_aftanas's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

1.25

I wouldn’t have picked up or finished this book if it hadn’t been assigned for a class. Stars were given for the interesting style of the prose, that while very difficult (and kind of annoying) to read certainly created the sense of chaos that comes with a hurricane that the book was emulating, and for the wonderful translation by Sophie Hughes that felt genuine and accurate to the original text. The subject matter was incredibly dark and graphic. It was very difficult to read because of how terrible all of the characters were, how much they hated themselves and everyone around them. Hatred for women, transgender people and queer people abounds here, do not expect any justice or happiness, there is no voice of reason. I would not recommend the book except for maybe the first chapter just to study the prose style if you are a writer. Pretty much every content warning applies in a major way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Cursing, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical content, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Outing, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Classism

greghw's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Pregnancy, Blood, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Ableism, Cursing, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Bullying, Excrement, Incest, Police brutality, and Trafficking

moss_martii's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Abortion, Police brutality, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexism, Drug use, Incest, Kidnapping, Rape, and Animal cruelty