Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

65 reviews

kingcrookback's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

In order not to burn myself out bingeing the whole book, I made myself keep a steady pace of a chapter or so a day. But oh my god, the way those last few chapters gripped me. Overall, Moreno-Garcia's writing is very vivid and extremely engaging--though of course not everyone is going to be able to stomach the body horror, abuse, assault, etc.

What an effective and (I feel) original metaphor for colonialism, colonialism of the body, and the cycles of abuse.

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Cannibalism, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Body horror, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

rapgamenancyreagan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, Infidelity, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, and Incest

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, and Colonisation

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Incest, Miscarriage, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

nialiversuch'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

i’m starting to love these slow paced gothic horror books omg. the descriptions made everything feel so real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, and Colonisation

leonardo_jules's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Alcoholism, and Colonisation

becca_w_'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Colonisation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Torture, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

There are two instances of attempted sexual assault in this book but one is

later discovered to have been a dream

and the other is

fought off

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jpisano's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol