Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

74 reviews

anger566's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK. I will admit it was kinda slow in the beginning but it went from 0-100 real quick 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

thekinkykid's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Torture, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Cannibalism

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Liked this much more than the author's previous book. The mystery was compelling, and the author made this nice and creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Eugenics, Saneism

racheldelaney's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

I'm so glad that this was recommended to me instead of looking at the GR rating because...what are y'all talking about.

I haven't read a good gothic horror in AGES, and I'm thrilled that this managed to be bone-chilling without being cliche. I know I said this about Gods of Jade and Shadow but now I'm really just positive that Moreno-Garcia's hallmark is giving her MC's such a strong narrative voice, I never feel out of the loop. Both Cassiopea and Noemí are so compelling (for different reasons obviously).

Now to the fun bits- this was so spectacularly creepy! I much enjoy this kind of slow-creep thriller, where you know definitively that something just isn't right and can't wait to put together the pieces while simultaneously dreading the knowledge. I'm not even going to tag this as spoilers because there was no way on earth I could've guessed the twists and where the plot ended up. I spent most of the last hundred or so pages just muttering "what the hell what the hell" to myself under my breath like a chant because honestly? What the hell.

Great, complex, and hideous characters abound? Nice. Making a Victorian gothic aesthetic work in a rural Mexican setting? Double nice. Batshit horror elements that made me gasp out loud? Jackpot.

I'm normally loathe to say this kind of thing, but immediately upon finishing this my first thought was: "so when is this getting a script treatment??"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kutreen's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

The build-up was so long...like 200 pages. The story really ramped up in the last 100 pages but it wasn't totally worth the wait. I also agree with other reviewers who say there wasn't much particularly Mexican about this book, which is what first drew me to it -- I wanted to see what Mexican gothic looked like. The creepy mansion that is the setting for 95% of the book is English and most of the characters are English. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

kayleigh_is_booked's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gun violence, Incest, and Racism

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Death of parent

saminstripes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

ska1224's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

ssola's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Nope. This was too creepy for me. At first, the level of creepiness didn't bother me and it felt more like a mystery thriller, but by the last quarter of the book, I read it as fast as I could because I just wanted to finish the book as quickly as I could and never touch it again. This is my first time reading a horror novel and it just confirmed it's not a genre for me. Also, I had no idea what was going on a lot of times. The plot just jumped all over the place and had no smooth transitions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol