Reviews tagging 'Death'

Donde termina la noche by Isabel Cañas

157 reviews

ixris'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? Yes

4.5

A historical ghost story with plenty of jump scares over a discussion of class divide and colonialism. 

There is a romance, but it's not hot and heavy, much more muted compared to many other novels I've read this year!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abortion, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

juffnstuff's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Abortion, and Death of parent

scorpi07's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I really enjoyed this! I would have given 5 stars except that some of the foreshadowing and groundwork given in the earlier timeline narrative felt drawn out, redundant, and therefore unnecessary. Overall though, excellent storytelling, I loved the characters and the spooky imagery.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Rape, Abortion, and War

radtj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

balinkili's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape

a1exander's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Abortion and War

judassilver's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

velvetcelestial'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

cashlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

3.0

I started out LOVING this book, and was really interested in the characters and seeing how they would change and grow. However. The characters did not grow, and what plot growth they did have

being Andres “darkness” getting let out of his box

we didn’t even get to actually SEE. It was mainly just lightly referred to instead of us seeing any real difference in his character. I do still love Andres but I wish we had been allowed to get to know him better. 
As for Beatriz…didn’t really like her in the end. She starts out as

what we hope will be a strong female character in a difficult position (ie being a woman with nothing to her name except a misogynistic husband and a house that hates her). She’s the daughter of a general, and despite her being “just a girl”, at first she feels strong and capable enough to change the house and make it her own. But, by the end she gives up and we actually see that she was just kinda weak and lame this whole time and she runs off with her tail tucked between her legs back to her mommy. The book started out with some great suspense and dread which I really loved, but by the end none of it seemed earned. Catalina, who was the big bad wolf the entire time, gets defeated within one page after all that?? 

Overall, I thought the romance was interesting (if underdeveloped and under explored) and would have liked to see that more in the book instead of the same old hauntings that just end up whipping itself into a frenzy for…nada. The plot was also a *vibe* and I would be interested in reading more like it bc I loved the setting and theme, just with some more actual stakes and consequences (also we got scared of the Inquisition and Padre Vicente for nothing…?) 
Cañas has a really pretty writing style especially for settings and vibes which made it enjoyable to read and at first she set up the dread very nicely (couldn’t put the book down until about 3/4 of the way through). 
Anyway, that all seemed scathing but I overall liked the book okay, it just needs many improvements. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book!! It as spooky enough that I didn’t like reading it late into the night but couldn’t stop and the main character was as perfect for the story. She is youthful and naive but learns very quickly how bad people can be. There were some good twists that you can see coming and others you can’t. It kind of reminded me of a much better version of Rebecca mixed with Mexican Gothic. All around fantastic book! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism