Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

417 reviews

nniamhh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

enyltiak's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

Truly a perfectly gothic novel. The atmosphere is intense and vivid, the characters (well, Noemí and Francis, anyway) are delightful and you can't help but root for and admire them. Every element of the mystery unravels in a disgusting and fascinating way. I think I'll be thinking about the girls of this novel for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

zoeheller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was exactly what I wanted it to be. It's rare that a horror novel actually manages to gross me out, but man oh man did this manage it. It also managed to evoke such visceral anger in me that I had to put the book down and walk it off. The characters were well crafted, the atmosphere was unnerving, and the plot gave me all the gothic vibes I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

saturnsierra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror

Minor: Incest, Sexism, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

_teoeo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

~3,75☆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

unawake0442's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed this book, I just didn't love it. I wasn't sold on the ending, and having just read Toni Morrison and another haunted house-type book by Sarah Gailey, the writing simply was not up to par.

That said, I found the book engaging and read through it quite quickly. And I found the concept of using horror to speak on colonialism, racism, and power (through oppressing people based on their race, monetary status, gender) to be truly fascinating. I just felt like the ideas never reached the finish line, sputtering out in the last mile, instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

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