Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

603 reviews

mnmooonchild's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The first half of the book is a little slow, redundant, however once it gets to the second half it's so inmersive I couldn't stop reading (although the first past took me more than a year to get through) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, Rape, Child death, and Classism

caseybones's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

Initially reminiscent of The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Haunting of Hill House, before becoming more like something out of Alien crossed with Interview with a Vampire. Things moved  slowly for the first half of the book but picked up in the second half, turning into a full sprint by the last couple of chapters. Not my favorite pacing but I couldn’t put the book down once

Francis reacted so strongly to Noemi’s speculation about arsenic leeching out of the walls

and I started to get an idea of what might be going on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexism

shellroch285's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Medical content, Colonisation, and Murder

emybems's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

A slow burn with many twists

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Murder, Cannibalism, and Incest

drpeeper's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Incest

Minor: Vomit and Murder

thatbreebaum's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Vomit

wishbea's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexism, Racism, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, and Gun violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

anazadel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

mypoormeatball's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

This was a truly excellent example of horror exploring patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism, cycles of abuse both personal and systemic, AND how those cycles can begin to be broken. All wrapped up in a deliciously intriguing mystery with a touch of romance — a truly epic haunted house story. I think this book will be taught in colleges someday to students studying  postcolonial and intersectional novels. 

While some of the symbolism is a bit on the nose, I think that’s in the legacy of great haunted house novels!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Incest

Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Miscarriage, Slavery, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Colonisation, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

ihssu0624's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gore