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Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

10 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual assault, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Rape, Racism, Death, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

sas_lk's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was very very heavy. Highly recommend reading the trigger warnings beforehand. And don't read this book if you are not in a great state of mind, it is filled to the brim with negativity, despair, sadness, horror. 
I don't really have much else to say - not because it was nothing, but because I am still trying to understand how I feel. I have no idea what to say, no idea what to think. It's just heavy and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Murder, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Child death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Death

sandysmith's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

Blimey, what a book, page long sentences, and really graphic, depraved, and intense writing. It was read as a book club choice, and had it not been, it would have been my first ever did not finish! Too dark and nasty for me. If you do decide to read it, the trigger points are many, so please see what they are before reading. However, the writing was just like a hurricane, never ending and intense. I can see why others rate this book but not for me. Sorry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Murder, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Car accident, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexism, and Suicide

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.25

I wouldn’t have picked up or finished this book if it hadn’t been assigned for a class. Stars were given for the interesting style of the prose, that while very difficult (and kind of annoying) to read certainly created the sense of chaos that comes with a hurricane that the book was emulating, and for the wonderful translation by Sophie Hughes that felt genuine and accurate to the original text. The subject matter was incredibly dark and graphic. It was very difficult to read because of how terrible all of the characters were, how much they hated themselves and everyone around them. Hatred for women, transgender people and queer people abounds here, do not expect any justice or happiness, there is no voice of reason. I would not recommend the book except for maybe the first chapter just to study the prose style if you are a writer. Pretty much every content warning applies in a major way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Cursing, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical content, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Outing, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, and Classism

hughesie's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, Car accident, Outing, Police brutality, and Child death

chicanodracula's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Fantastic Writing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Transphobia, and Violence

jmbz38's review

dark slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

eleanorjmca's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is a savage, very bleak book about cycles of violence and pain, centred on one small community; ultimately it is about powerless people, extremely poor, controlled by drugs and gangs and money problems and superstitions and fear above all, who accrue tiny amounts of power to themselves by means of violence against other powerless people. Men, in particular, are the primary aggressors, with women the primary victims, but there is always a sense in which the greater aggressor is off screen, elsewhere, maybe at the Oil Company or even far away in another country. It is a loveless book, full of people desperately looking for affection and approval and vindication, as well as sexual pleasure, but unable to engage with anything in a non-violent way; the close relationship between love and violence runs through the whole book, culminating in the final scene when

the dead bodies receive the most genuinely affectionate words in the book from the gravedigger, having finally "escaped" from the world of suffering

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This book's best quality is the author's incredible use of language, and the translator's skill in rendering it. The dense text (no paragraph breaks) and eternal run on sentences were off-putting at first, but soon made the book difficult to put down! The technique of going on a journey in each chapter through a particular character's train of thought, memories etc is very compelling. I also loved how the picture of what had happened on the night of the crime, and what had caused it, gradually came into focus through the perspectives of different characters. I have only ust finished this book and I want to go back and read it again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Excrement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

Extremely lengthy and detailed descriptions of an adult/child sexual relationship; also bestiality, which there is no content warning option for.

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Car accident, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infertility

ronpayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Hypnotic prose telling a horrible story. Please heed the content warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit