Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Meksikos gotika by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

290 reviews

oliclair's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Incest, Murder, and Racism

afly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Murder, Vomit, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

The Idea was good 
But 
Implementation wasn't
Maybe coz I have watched a series based on the same concept that's why maybe I didn't like it much 
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But the three stars is coz she thought of it and implemented it 
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And 
She was writing like she was explaining it to naive people
Like to someone who is new to thriller or horror
It was slow 
Couldn't grab out attention
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Just finished it coz we were curious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Racism, Child death, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Blood, Torture, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Self harm

pretzelocity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Rape, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

rustynailsfullset's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

plumdustsuns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Incest, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, and Slavery

tiudragonfly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

It’s really disturbing to say the least. Wished I didn’t read it, I’m still disgusted 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Racism, Incest, Child death, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, and Blood

brookiebridge's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This was an intense, fascinating book with incredibly vivid and beautiful description and imagery. The author did an amazing job fleshing out the characters, and I absolutely adore Naomi, the main character and I was rooting for her the whole time. Themes of the impact of abuse and colonialism are woven throughout this tense story. I couldn’t put the book down and was listening to it at all opportunities. It’s wonderful and creepy from the beginning to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Although there is no explicit rape in the book, there is a consistent fear and threat of rape, and a nightmares in which the main character is raped by being unnaturally coerced into wanting to have sex. Some characters have an unnatural ability to make others feel uncontrollable lust for them, which they use to threaten or attempt rape. There is also a forced kiss, and people viewing the main character naked against her will, and appearing to her naked against her will.

amandadevoursbooks's review against another edition

slow-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

This is a gothic novel. Highly recommend reading more about how gothics are paced before diving in, but it has a gloriously haunted house, an irritating heroine, and a family filled with gruesome, disturbing secrets. I loved it, but I know it's not for everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Racism, Confinement, Death, and Incest

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

cavefly's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, and Stalking