Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

102 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Alcohol

erandle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Pregnancy, and War

thelittlestmermaid's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Rebecca meets Crimson Peak. Remarkable gothic horror that doesn’t shy away from hard topics of colonialism and racism in the wake of Mexico’s War of Independence. There’s also a hot priest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

shannananahey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Abortion

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and War

cass_lit's review against another edition

4.25

The Hacienda was exactly the spooky, gothic haunted house vibes that I wanted it to be. I especially loved the Author’s note at the end about how colonialism and other real-life horrors are hauntings that can actually be left on a property/in a house, and should be remembered as such. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Abortion

regen20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Pregnancy

saintmaud's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

most anticipated book of the year for me and it… was just okay. knew i shouldn't have fallen for the "mexican gothic x rebecca" marketing but I'm a simple girl who loves gothic stories. mexican gothic works because it takes a normal story and makes it Weird™ this book unfortunately does not :/ Nothing about the setting, characters, plot was particularly intriguing it just felt bland to me. I think the fact that I read this on dark, rainy days helped the mood more than the writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Abortion

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

As a Mexican American with not a lot of knowledge of Mexican history, I love that this story explored an important time period. It added to the uncertainty and the theme of power, especially women's and native/mestizo people's power.

The story was a little predictable and slow, but I love the lush descriptions of the setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion