Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

44 reviews

aljuke's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Sexual content

orizenda's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like complicated is a good word to describe this book. Not that it’s difficult to understand, there’s just a lot to think about. The characters are so complex imo and i really liked that. near the end my stomach was actually churning, which I was not anticipating. I love M.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, and Drug use

pagesandtales's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Gore, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Death of parent

ccerpa's review against another edition

2.75

I really enjoyed the concept but I think it lost the thread once the

kinky scenes started and the big jump happened…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Blood

summerylotus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This book had a great premise, and I really wanted to like it, but it felt under developed and like it was written in a fever dream or a bout of mania. It was a bit ”try-hard” that EVERY member of the family/character was lesbian, gay, or bisexual. There were also unnecessary/out of place sexual situations that didn’t add to the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

michael_langeloo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Minor: Blood, Murder, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Medical content, Sexual content, and Gore

ghostingarden's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual content and Animal death

dezaraemd's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

I wish it hadn’t ended so abruptly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Ableism

sabrinalexis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Chronic illness, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, Death, and Sexual content

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hm. Interesting read, for sure. Also compelling, especially in the aspects of grief and child loss, plus the intricacies of relationships (both familial and romantic/sexual). 

Did not really expect a lot of the sexual aspects written? Also don’t know that these inclusions did much for the story for me??

The shift to M’s POV was probably the strongest part written; Lena’s part dragged on for me, and so did half of Joseph’s. The pacing was definitely a bit strange with the big time jump that wasn’t really explained or prompted.

Anything in the 3 star range felt harsh. 4 stars, I suppose, though I can see how people didn’t like this book and rated it lower. I do wish I liked it more. 

Also!!! I don’t think the horror is heavy in this book; I found it mild, in terms of the fact that one of the characters is Literally A Monster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Sexual content, and Gore