Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

239 reviews

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Body horror, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Racism, Incest, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I put off reading this despite everyone raving about it because I’m stubborn and now I’m ANGRY WITH MYSELF, because there’s a reason this book is so popular!

I have nothing bad to say about it. This was a decadent sort of unsettling that had me guessing right up to the very end. I had such a blast reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Racism, Colonisation, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Death of parent, Vomit, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Child death

pbeeandj's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Racism, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Incest

seventhswan's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

The final 20% of this book was excellent - gripping, scary, and cleverly constructed. However, the process of getting there was just so torturously slow that I almost gave up. I also found the characters to be quite flat and one-dimensional, with the possible exception of Virgil who made a compelling villain, and therefore didn't get invested in Noemi's relationship with either her love interest or her cousin. I feel like this might have worked better as a short story, perhaps.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Incest, Violence, Body horror, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Miscarriage

sosocrafty's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, and Incest

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Incest, Infertility, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Cursing, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

oliclair's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Incest, Murder, and Racism

afly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Murder, Vomit, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review against another edition

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

3.0

The Idea was good 
But 
Implementation wasn't
Maybe coz I have watched a series based on the same concept that's why maybe I didn't like it much 
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But the three stars is coz she thought of it and implemented it 
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And 
She was writing like she was explaining it to naive people
Like to someone who is new to thriller or horror
It was slow 
Couldn't grab out attention
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Just finished it coz we were curious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Racism, Child death, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Blood, Torture, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Self harm

tiudragonfly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

It’s really disturbing to say the least. Wished I didn’t read it, I’m still disgusted 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Racism, Incest, Child death, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, and Blood