Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

363 reviews

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Infertility, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

knitiotsavant's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Child death, and Incest

alexbrown's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, and Violence

a_win_in_clear_rain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. 
Maybe it’s just that I’m new to this genre and style, but this was amazing to me. The atmosphere was perfectly created, every time I picked up this book I felt like I was in High Place walking through the halls with Noemì.
And even though it was incredibly unnerving I somehow didn’t want to leave…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Classism, Death, and Incest

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

katieandkiri's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I FLEW through this book in about a day and I honestly still can’t believe that. The people next in line for this Livby hold will probably appreciate that. Clearly I couldn’t put this down. Now I’m going to go and probably have nightmares but it was worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Excrement, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child death, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Gore, Suicide, Medical trauma, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

whats_the_porpoise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A majority of the story is spent detailing and building characters as well as the environment. It takes more than half the book for anything crazy to happen.
A great mystery, I found myself continue to read-- not necessarily for the story, but I needed to know how it ends. 
The ending is satisfying, all your questions get answered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Rape, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Murder, Incest, Child death, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

apridot's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, and Incest

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Dark and disturbing fantasy that grossed me out. Interesting setting, plot and characters but a little slow at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Rape, Violence, Incest, Confinement, Classism, Child death, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Alcohol, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, Death, Cannibalism, Blood, Medical content, Infertility, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

jaydeecepticon's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Incest, Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, War, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

megan_martha_reads's review against another edition

dark lighthearted sad 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? No

3.0

This is my second book in the genre and I don’t think it’s for me. So take the rest of this review with that in mind.

I found the main character a bit hard to stomach at times - she was a bit of a cartoon version of a character. 

I found the characters and plot more compelling and the writing more delicious in ‘The Hacienda’ by Isabel Canas.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Confinement, Gore, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Rape