Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

18 reviews

_likethefruit's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Murder, War, Torture, Stalking, and Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

30before30's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book. Learning about the Mexico’s politics in 1970s (even if it was dramatized) was fascinating. I was endeared to the character Elvis and really enjoyed his character growth. And, while I didn’t love the character, Maite, I really loved her story line. A fascinating read that I would recommend to everyone because it has a bit of everything: romance, adventure, and murder! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

alisonvh's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

The writing could be better, but the plot completely sucked me in. I devoured this book in just a few days when I was on vacation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Abandonment, Death, Stalking, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

bookishdaydreams's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Stalking

carolined314's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Deeply miserable people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Police brutality, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, Death, Body shaming, and Sexual content

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Cursing, Death, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Medical content

lynxpardinus's review

dark informative mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.0

unfortunately this just didn’t click for me. all the elements were there — i love a mystery, i love stuff set in the 70s, i love all the music references, but the plot just never seemed to go anywhere. i don’t mind a slow burn mystery/thriller but the pay off has to be worth the build up and this just wasn’t. i struggled to connect with the two main characters and i think maybe their paths should’ve crossed a lot more than they did since i spent the first half wondering why there was a dual pov of unrelated characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

megwilli's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Stalking

isleoflinds's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Stalking