Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mexican Gothic - Mexikói rémtörténet by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

350 reviews

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Racism, Murder, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Mental illness, Medical content, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

alannad396's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

elanuruysal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Incest

Moderate: Cannibalism and Blood

lorie266's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Incest, Violence, Body horror, Classism, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

nsantone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Emotional abuse, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Incest, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

calamitydane's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

5.0

I loved this. The descriptions were amazing. I love when I can really see what's happening. The dreams were surreal in the perfect way. I ate it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

veepopp's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Racism, Blood, Murder, Incest, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment

acraig9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, and Incest

emma_b_rhodes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted it to be more about sisters but it's kind of a flat hetero love story w a haunted house. Too many gross rape/SA scenes imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Misogyny, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Death, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cannibalism

Eugenics

betwixtbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

What a fantastic book.  I was hooked from page one.  I loved the flavour of this story and the mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Incest, Pregnancy, Racism, Physical abuse, and Mass/school shootings