Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Gótico Mexicano by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

39 reviews

mostlyliterate's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism and Grief

hellebore's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Murder, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Incest and Racial slurs

eclareb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Incest, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Trafficking

eloweezii's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence

booknerd85's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Slavery

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, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

vvoman_of_darkness's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

lanidon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Infertility, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Toxic relationship

katesigrist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, and Incest