Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Mexická gotika by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

145 reviews

sambamthankyouman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

mer's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

v171's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

1.0

Man, I don't know. I just didn't like it. Looking at it as a piece of literature outside of genre, the characters were boring and had poor development. The story wasn't very captivating and was poorly paced. The romance felt forced and unnatural. However my primary disappointment was that, as a horror novel, it was appallingly not scary, horrific, or tense. Every beat felt so formulaic and predictable that I never felt the intensity or urgency of the story. I felt bored throughout the whole story, and at the end I felt just ambivalent about the characters as I did in the beginning. I'm no horror connoisseur because I'm pretty easily scared. But this was a miss all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

theblerdnewsletter's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

The last book I read of 2020 was Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Honestly, I couldn’t have timed it any better. I’m not often caught off guard by books (their endings, plots, etc.), in fact the last time was so long ago I forgotten which book it was, and Mexican Gothic caught me completely by surprise. At first Noemí seems vapid and annoying and I put the book down several times because of this. Then High Place (what they call their home) and it’s white inhabitants are horribly racist—I mean spouting-eugenics-as-actual-science racist—and High Place a reflection of their miserable existence. But then something magical happened; magical and horrific. My partner asked me “What’s wrong? Are you okay?” multiple times while I was reading it because I’m sure I was making awful faces. The ending and the reason why the High Place is the way it is… well, you’ll have to read it won’t you? Honestly, giving you a proper summary would ruin the suspense! Silvia Moreno-Garcia did something uncanny and completely unexpected. One thing I will tell you is it’s a horror book, I thought it was a fantasy sort of novel. It is not. Bear that in mind when you read it. I’d say it’s for people over 15, since there is a brief (like maybe a paragraph) attempted r*pe scene in it and another scene that makes the reader (or at least me) extremely uncomfortable. If you need the page numbers to skip over, please let me know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

leariverreads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry

erin819's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Murder

ashleyri11's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Definitely outside of my comfort genre zone, but it captured my interest and was a suspenseful, spooky read. I had to hold myself back from jumping forward in the book to find out what in the world was going on in this house.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

ldandridge's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The story and setting were both very intriguing. Excellent gothic mystery elements and great building of suspense, but by the end I just felt kind of... let down. It felt like it was missing something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Incest

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, and Medical content

dogsyarnandbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Blood, and Death of parent

yameli's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Xenophobia