Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

14 reviews

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Incest, Racism, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Rape, and Infertility

hannibanani29's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Incest, Miscarriage, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Liked this much more than the author's previous book. The mystery was compelling, and the author made this nice and creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Miscarriage

Eugenics, Saneism

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Incest, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, Rape, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, and Adult/minor relationship