Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

412 reviews

chiiibolaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

lorenag5's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

It’s a page-turner but god the writing is terrible, and so predictable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

afly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Incest

blonohorror's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

scenic92's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

Moderate: Incest

radeeyah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Sexual violence

mahaofhyrule's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is disturbing as hell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

lyvane'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

J'ai adoré ! 
Pour moi ce livre c'est une lettre d'amour au genre horrifique. Ça m'a fait pensé à la fois à La Maison Hantée de Shirley Jackson, du Lovecraft version champignon, avec un soupçon de Get Out. 
C'était terrifiant, émouvant, j'ai dévoré ce livre du début à la fin. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I don’t have many cohesive thoughts but this was a true masterpiece of a novel and I need literally everyone to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Rape, and Pregnancy