Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

401 reviews

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Rape, Body horror, Racism, and Cannibalism

piikasmalls's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

avtoxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Racism

nniamhh'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide

enyltiak'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

5.0

Truly a perfectly gothic novel. The atmosphere is intense and vivid, the characters (well, Noemí and Francis, anyway) are delightful and you can't help but root for and admire them. Every element of the mystery unravels in a disgusting and fascinating way. I think I'll be thinking about the girls of this novel for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Vomit

zoeheller's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Miscarriage

ripxw's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Cannibalism

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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: Death, Confinement, Sexism, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Cannibalism, Gun violence, and Suicide

thoseoldcrows23'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was exactly what I wanted it to be. It's rare that a horror novel actually manages to gross me out, but man oh man did this manage it. It also managed to evoke such visceral anger in me that I had to put the book down and walk it off. The characters were well crafted, the atmosphere was unnerving, and the plot gave me all the gothic vibes I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Racism, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Child death, Cannibalism, and Miscarriage