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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
A thought-provoking, empowering read. V Castro is the voice that the horror genre needs.
I don’t scare easily, and I got very uneasy reading this alone at night.
I don’t scare easily, and I got very uneasy reading this alone at night.
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation
Minor: Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Deportation
This was such a good read. The writing and characters were superb. The atmosphere was creepy and at times made me uncomfortable which to me are signs of a good spooky novel. I will definitely be recommending this to all my friends who love spooky books.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
sad
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
dark
mysterious
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:
No
I wouldn't quite call this horror, more weird dark fiction. It was a solid read though.
I like books that blend weird horror with the real horrors of racism/homophobia/etc and this did a good job of that.
I think the atmosphere could have been darker though. There was some seriously fucked up stuff happening but the main characters seemed to just take it in stride. This lead to things being much less tense and it never got my heart rate going like top tier horror can.
I liked that the cosmic horror ended up being an anti-racist force for good and liberation of indigenous mesoamericana culture but the chosen bloodline/founding a new religion arc of the last few chapters felt rushed and a bit contrived given the much slower pacing of the rest of the book.
I'd definitely read more of her books.
I like books that blend weird horror with the real horrors of racism/homophobia/etc and this did a good job of that.
I think the atmosphere could have been darker though. There was some seriously fucked up stuff happening but the main characters seemed to just take it in stride. This lead to things being much less tense and it never got my heart rate going like top tier horror can.
I liked that the cosmic horror
I'd definitely read more of her books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment