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Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

44 reviews

elizafiedler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Transphobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

snovella's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Murder, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, and Transphobia

cat_22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Abandonment, Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Torture

ceco_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I struggled to write a review that would do this book justice. If you have the time, I recommend you read M John Harrison and Anthony Cummin's reviews (both published by the Guardian). 

In short, this is a brutal book and it's not going to be for everyone. The reading experience is shocking, repulsive, but its lingering effect is profound. 

A local Witch is found dead, throat slit, floating in a canal. What follows is a whirlwind exploration of life in a rural Mexican town - its constricting familial relations, sexual violence, and deadly masculinity. 

Besides the 'bookending' chapters that function as an introduction and conclusion, each chapter of Hurricane Season is a different character's "retelling" of the circumstances of the murder. I use quotation marks because, truthfully, it's less of a retelling and more of a character study showcasing that person's life, motivations and anxieties, with clues to the Witch's death threaded in between, leaving the reader to piece together what happened and why certain events were interpreted in a particular way. 

It's undoubtedly a challenging read, but one that will stick with me for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Rape

s4ily's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Transphobia, Racism, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Body horror, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Gore, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abandonment

klwooster's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Addiction, Police brutality, Rape, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Homophobia, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Drug use, Pedophilia, Murder, and Sexual assault

savvylit's review against another edition

I really enjoyed the feverish writing style of Hurricane Season. Run-on sentences, huge paragraphs... it all felt claustrophobic in a way that I loved. At least, at first. However, after sitting through some intense rape scenes, pedophilia, misogyny, and homophobia, I thought it couldn't get any worse. By the time a character started having elaborate fantasies involving bestiality, I had to throw the towel in and give up. The depravity of Hurricane Season simply became too much for me to bear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Animal death, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, and Transphobia

marija99's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Rape, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Abortion, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

george_tte's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Un libro terrorífico, incómodo y espectacular. Vale la pena leerlo porque Melchor es una maestra y este libro lo demuestra con facilidad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Abortion, Homophobia, Blood, Sexual content, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage