Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

2 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual assault, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Rape, Racism, Death, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

mmefish's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

I can’t rate this book higher than 4 stars because of how gross, vile, revolting, vulgar and disgustingly detailed it is. But I applaud the author for their artistic abilities.

Additional CW: graphic zoophilia.

P.S.: I expected a different kind of horror…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Transphobia, Hate crime, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Graphic: Zoophilia