Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

333 reviews

warlockdorian's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Body horror, Incest, Physical abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Racism, and Genocide

jessy4550's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Pregnancy, Suicide, Chronic illness, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Colonisation, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Genocide, Medical content, Sexism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Cursing, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eswinther's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Rape

enyltiak's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

Truly a perfectly gothic novel. The atmosphere is intense and vivid, the characters (well, Noemí and Francis, anyway) are delightful and you can't help but root for and admire them. Every element of the mystery unravels in a disgusting and fascinating way. I think I'll be thinking about the girls of this novel for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Vomit

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Grief, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Rape, Classism, Death, Incest, Murder, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Torture, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, and Cannibalism

ana_reads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

While the story started off fairly strong, I quickly became frustrated with the characters and the pacing. <spoilers>Maybe mysteries just aren't for me because as soon and the eugenics and weird hallucinations were mentioned, all I wanted Noemi to do was break into Catalina's room, grab her and run away, mystery be damned. I spent most of the climax just wishing they would set fire to the house and leave already. The confrontations with Howard and the rest of the family started to get annoying the longer the climax of the book went on. It's well written and very atmospheric, but the pacing and length really curbed my enjoyment of the overall story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Incest, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Sexism, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Cannibalism, Gun violence, and Suicide

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