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katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Pedophilia, and Self harm
dlrosebyh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
It had everything I want in a short story collection. It was directed to people who tend to result to pain, to fear, to anxiety. But I found this book...lacking? I don't know, I only liked maybe three stories and that's about it. My favorite is absolutely Rambla Triste. If the rest of the collection was written like that, then maybe I would have rated this higher.
Also, the last story has the t slur. I have not seen anyone mention it, which is weird...
Graphic: Self harm and Death
Moderate: Pedophilia, Trafficking, and Suicide
Minor: Transphobia
ellewhyoh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
That being said, this collection was very intriguing, and the unanswered questions drove me less crazy than usual. This book delved into a lot of different types of horror and the supernatural, but a strong theme amongst most of them was memory and disappearance. When is something lost? Is loss best understood as an action, or as a noun? Is it wrong or right to let the shadows take their toll?
Overall this collection was very intriguing, and it will leave me thinking.
Moderate: Trafficking, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Physical abuse
Minor: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
boquitap4sion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Gore, Drug use, Sexual content, and Self harm
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cancer, and Drug use
Minor: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Rape
meaghanelizabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Child death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Trafficking
roxvna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
not_another_ana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Los dos sabíamos cuál podía ser el final, y no nos importaba.
Colección de cuentos cortos de horror que tocan varias temáticas como lo grotesco, lo sexual y la obsesión. Ya había leído Las Cosas Que Perdimos en el Fuego, de la misma escritora, y por ende esta antología no me parece tan bien trabajada. Se nota que esta colección es ya de hace muchos años y que estamos ante una Mariana Enríquez que todavía no tiene la peripecia de la actual. Tampoco me parecieron aterradores, creo que porque en general tratan de un terror relacionado más a lo sexual y el gore lo cual me aburre.
Son doce cuentos:
-El desentierro de la angelita: una joven es asediada por el espíritu de una niña, 3/5
-La Virgen de la tosquera: un grupo de amigos nadan en una tosquera con fatales consequencias, 3/5
-El carrito: el ataque a un mendigo por una comunidad desencadena una ola de sufrimiento en la vecindad, 4,5/5
-El aljibe: en búsqueda de una cura para su terrible ansiedad la protagonista descubre un secreto de su infancia, 3/5
-Rambla triste: una turista ve el lado oscuro de Barcelona, 2/5
-El mirador: un espíritu solitario fija su interés en una mujer que se encuentra sufriendo, 2,5/5
-Dónde estás corazón: la protagonista desarrolla un fetiche por los sonidos del corazón y lo lleva a límites extremos, 3/5
-Carne: la muerte de un famoso cantante causa estragos a sus fans y las lleva a cometer actos grotescos, 5/5
-Ni cumpleaños ni bautismos: un joven es contratado para grabar a una chica que afirma estar poseída, 2/5
-Chicos que faltan: de la nada todos los niños desaparecidos en la ciudad aparecen, incluso los que estaban muertos, 5/5
-Los peligros de fumar en la cama: una mujer muere en un incendio causado por un cigarrillo, el título del libro y el que menos me gustó, 1/5
-Cuando hablábamos con los muertos: un grupo de amigas usan la ouija para contactar espíritus y la situación se les va de las manos, 5/5
Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, and Sexual content
hendrixpants's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence and Death
blau_elmo's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
For a horror, I was looking to feel more uneasy and horrified, but I did not get as much of that emotion as I thought I would.
Still, the eerie premises are well built-up, and the short stories, in general, are well-written and paced, bringing the reader along for a dark and sinister journey.
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Child death, and Death
isitamonito's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Trafficking