Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro

7 reviews

romi98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime

Moderate: Racial slurs and Xenophobia

goblintales's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I wouldn't quite call this horror, more weird dark fiction. It was a solid read though. 

I like books that blend weird horror with the real horrors of racism/homophobia/etc and this did a good job of that. 

I think the atmosphere could have been darker though. There was some seriously fucked up stuff happening but the main characters seemed to just take it in stride. This lead to things being much less tense and it never got my heart rate going like top tier horror can. 

I liked that the cosmic horror

ended up being an anti-racist force for good and liberation of indigenous mesoamericana culture

but the

chosen bloodline/founding a new religion arc

of the last few chapters felt rushed and a bit contrived given the much slower pacing of the rest of the book. 

I'd definitely read more of her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

ninahuynh's review

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Saw this book at the Last Bookstore a while back and was eager to read it. And it delivered!! The tragedy, the horror, the revenge: all beautifully written and encapsulated a legend that feels real and retold well. There were a few typos and hiccups, but the storyline got me to overlook them. <<Be sure to read trigger warnings before reading, as one would do for horror genre.>>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Torture, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Deportation, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

bleepbloop's review against another edition

dark

3.5

the beginning was good but the end was rough. narrator was extremely bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Body horror, Blood, Xenophobia, Torture, and Gore

Minor: Deportation

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Xenophobia and Genocide

funkylitchick's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Death

Minor: Vomit

linguisticali's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious

4.0

I wasn't really into this until well into the book, but then it just got better and better. It ended up being really interesting and moving. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, and Gore