Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

143 reviews

toriliz'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Incest, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide

slvt4b00ks's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

If I could give this book more stars I would. I honestly don’t understand why this book has such low ratings. Maybe some just aren’t cut out for gothic tales. I was weary about this being set in the 50s but the time period didn’t seem it was as much of a contributing factor to most parts of the story. Of course there is racism and some bat shit crazy people who believe in eugenics and of course the misogyny but that seems to really be all that indicates a less modern setting. This book was incredibly atmospheric and creepy, though I wasn’t quite stuck sitting up all night like I thought I would be. I fell in love with Francis. He must be protected at all costs. Noemi felt incredibly relatable, her flightiness and inability to settle down is portrayed as a flaw but I found it endearing. I don’t think anyone should settle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Cancer, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

skitch41's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

eegrasse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Sexual content

so_many_ocs's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Confinement

mmkn_99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Phenomenal story - a lot of twists that just made the plot development very interesting. 

I was definitely on the edge of my seat while reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

kels24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, War, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gore

serinalovesreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Kidnapping, Death, Suicide, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Sexual content and Gun violence

miaach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cannibalism, Suicide, and Sexual content

stw07's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

The best way I can describe this brand of horror is “rot,” which isn’t really my thing. Still, the story and atmosphere were pretty good. The reveal of the mystery was kind of sudden and all-at-once though, and I wasn’t particularly invested in the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicide, Pregnancy, Incest, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism