Reviews tagging 'Death'

Мексиканска готика by Румяна Георгиева, Емилия Л. Масларова, Слава Александрова, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Калина Павлова, Фейсаут Стюдио/Тим Грийн

658 reviews

kengiedamali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, and Racism

Minor: Rape

merrynthomas's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

emciver's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

all i wanted was something like 'the hauting of the hill house' by sherley jackson but all i got was the author's gross sexual assault fantasy and a half assed mystery thrown in the background. The mystery was at least a decent backdrop that made the (MANY) assaults make sense??? but also stockholm syndrome? or mental fuckery as everything descends into madness but it was honestly done so badly and in such poor taste i hated every second of it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Racism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Cannibalism

saffic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I don't have too much to say. I feel it's pretty solidly 4 stars, I might drop it to 3.5 if I think overthink everything. Only have 2 real complaints.

1. In a lot of author interviews, Silvia Moreno-Garcia states that one of the core gothic horror tropes is an 'alluring but dangerous man'. And I am assuming that Virgil is supposed to fill that role in this story. However, whatever 'allure' he may have had, quickly faded for me when

  he started echoing all the things his father said. Would he probably hold those views? Yes, absolutely. But the fact that Noemi really started thirsting for him after he told her he believes in inferior races, girl. I cope by thinking the shrooms had infested her brain at that point.

2. This point is all spoilers so-

The ending. I am a huge fan of bittersweet/gut-wrenching endings so this complaint is for me and me alone. All of the good guys survived. I won't say they lived happily-ever-after as the author has flirted with the idea of a sequel, but yeah. I get why the author chose to have Francis and Catalina survive, but part of me wished one of them got messed up in the end. They are both the 'princess in the tower' that Noemi saves, a play on her earlier wish. I wish Catalina had more scenes because I wanted her inevitable killing of Virgil to have more weight, but it just didn't. They barely interact. Was he a shitty husband? Probably, but do we ever see it directly? No. If there had been a scene earlier in the book where Noemi sees Catalina seem perfectly fine with Virgil, but she moves away from him every time he gets closer or something to that extent would have even been enough. Justice for Catalina she deserved more development.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Colonization is the big back drop of this whole story. With colonization comes racism, classism, etc. The other big horror looming over the story is eugenics. If the discussions/mention/themes of eugenics are a big problem for you, back out now.

katemarie99's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It's giving Saltburn. It's giving Wuthering Heights. It's giving Beloved. It's giving The Yellow Wallpaper. It's giving Get Out. It's giving Alice in Wonderland.

I'm spooked down to my very bones, but this is a good book. Do yourself a favor and check out TWs first, tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Classism

emilemilemily5's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

emzinator's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

This book has a sleepy lull in the first half - but don't worry, it picks up SO much. I think this book reads almost like a screenplay, and I hope the Hulu limited series gets back on track! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first big reveal was kind of an obvious one, but they took it in an unexpected direction. It was interesting and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

The r*pe tag is for

an attempt that is stopped

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy