Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mexican Gothic - Mexikói rémtörténet by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

345 reviews

chocolatewings's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

If these creepy ass men don't get tf away, I swear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cannibalism, Death, and Incest

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Cursing, Classism, and Colonisation

rachblank's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, and Murder

Minor: Rape

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Misogyny, Child death, Racism, Classism, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Colonisation, Confinement, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Drug use, Blood, Suicide, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Infertility, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jjamieww's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Honestly this was hard to review. It’s a well written book that evokes a lot of emotions. 

It had such gross imagery at times I would say “ew” instinctively. It was also very disturbing, and the amount of content warning I tagged is a little ridiculous. 

But it was a book that had me curious what was actually going on. It kept escalating as it slowly unraveled. I don’t normally read horror books but this book was such a scary concept combining so many different ways to freak you out. 

Genuinely terrifying 🍄🍄

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, Incest, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide

jujubebbe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is slow and creeping. I got halfway through and almost didn’t finish reading it. I’m glad I did though, it really picks up in the last third.

I loved the writing - which is why I stuck through it. Sometimes the descriptions felt long-winded but it really painted a picture of the environment. Noemi was a great character and I loved uncovering the mysteries of this strange and twisted family/house with her. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Incest

Minor: Cannibalism and Blood

taylortome's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful 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? No

4.5

I wonderful gothic horror novel. The writing is incredible and the imagery that is developed through this is beautifully bone-chilling. The ending was very fast but appropriate for the events that occurred leading up to it. There are some unanswered questions but I am not upset that they all weren’t answered. A mystery still exists and the reader can determine for themselves what they think. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Incest

Minor: Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Misogyny, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

a_win_in_clear_rain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

WOW. 
Maybe it’s just that I’m new to this genre and style, but this was amazing to me. The atmosphere was perfectly created, every time I picked up this book I felt like I was in High Place walking through the halls with Noemì.
And even though it was incredibly unnerving I somehow didn’t want to leave…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Classism, Death, and Incest

Minor: Vomit, Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

bee_thebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Blood, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Incest, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

misssleepy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.75

This book was definitely a slow burn. It was certainly spooky and the imagery was disturbing. The main character, Neomí, was very likeable though most of the characters were despicable. I was rooting for Neomí and her cousin the entire book. I think the horror elements were explained in a very interesting way that actually made a lot of sense. The ending came together really well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Vomit, Incest, and Blood