Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

73 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

arayo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual content, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

hmm. i think this had the potential to be good, but it just fell short. for a book titled mexican gothic, there was little to none about mexican culture, and even the characters were mainly white. the gothic parts i think were executed better. i love spore-horror so that was great, but other parts were not so good. and like many others said in the reviews, it was incredibly slow. also some of the characters are underdeveloped or just gross. so approach this at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gore, Sexual content, Rape, Blood, Classism, Infidelity, Alcohol, Incest, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexism, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

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

4.0

This was exactly what I wanted it to be. It's rare that a horror novel actually manages to gross me out, but man oh man did this manage it. It also managed to evoke such visceral anger in me that I had to put the book down and walk it off. The characters were well crafted, the atmosphere was unnerving, and the plot gave me all the gothic vibes I was looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Racism, Infidelity, Infertility, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Classism, Colonisation, Child death, Cannibalism, and Miscarriage

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

This book was wild. I’m still not sure what to think of it. It wasn’t bad by any means

The beginning was a little slow then there was a lot happening. After the twist was revealed I wasn’t as interested in how they solve the issue. I liked Francis as a character with some complexity. The rest of the Doyle family gave me the Ick and I think that was the point. The author did a good job characterizing the Doyle family

as vile and disgusting. You have eating babies, multiple incestuous relationships, attempted rape, fungi that increase life span, using bodies as fertilizer, hallucinations. It was a wild ride

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I don’t think the book was bad I just think it was mysterious, then the mystery was revealed and shocking and everything else was just fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Classism, Gore, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Sexism

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, and Infidelity

lizzie24601's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Very much its genre, so I feel like it'll be a hit or miss depending on how much you like gothic horror. Like most stories in this genre, the pace really picks up after the Big Reveal. Noemi is a very fun protagonist and Virgil and Howard are very creepy villains. It was cool to see gothic horror set somewhere outside, like, Victorian England. Definitely recommended for a fun, chilling October read.

If you like the body horror part of this, I recommend also reading Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body horror, Death of parent, Racism, Cannibalism, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

atalea's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Vomit, Child death, and Cannibalism

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I put off reading this despite everyone raving about it because I’m stubborn and now I’m ANGRY WITH MYSELF, because there’s a reason this book is so popular!

I have nothing bad to say about it. This was a decadent sort of unsettling that had me guessing right up to the very end. I had such a blast reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Racism, Colonisation, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Death of parent, Vomit, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Child death

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