Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

15 reviews

julesfrigault's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Racism, Confinement, Classism, Child death, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Blood

cadybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual assault, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Incest, Infertility, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Cursing, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

discogecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

Mysterious, but it kinda goes on for too long.

Also unsure of the intention behind the numerous times the "forced" lust was mentioned. It seemed unnecessary for how ambiguous it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit

s_lorenz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Incest, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

magdalena_rose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Religious bigotry

alreinwarth'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Body horror

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Suicide attempt

aribook'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Wow! This is a play on classic gothic revival novels combined with a modern horror sensibility and Mexican history. This book has atmosphere in spades, and Noemí is a great character. Her voice is snappy and fun, and I love seeing a character doing her best to take charge even in the situation she's in. 

Once the twist hits this book swings for the fences, and while I did think the last couple of chapters dragged on a bit too long overall I really liked this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Terminal illness

skittles6815's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

I hated this book.

It felt like the author wrote it while only thinking about incest with a grandfather. It was so gross the whole time, and really bad writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Excrement, and Gaslighting

szuum's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Sexism, Xenophobia, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship