Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

62 reviews

tmluke's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

joshiejoshy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault

reading__redhead's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

earlgreyjedi's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Ok so this is definitely gothic and I think it was well-written and very interesting. The issue is that I think I wasn’t in the right headspace when I read it and so that made it a little challenging to get through. Additionally, check the warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape

jesswyn's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

matonnhermann's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

thenoboshow's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I enjoyed getting wrapped in this dark (moist?) world. The diolgue really helped with the time and place. I could easily imagine the scenes playing out in a black & white film with romantic actors. Definatly one of my fastest reads this year and one I could recommend to most my friends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

gwenolabarr's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective 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

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What in the

eugenicist, fascist, white supremacist, colonialist, cousin-loving

scripture did I just experience. 

It smells like a

sporehouse

in here. Clearly,

the house embodies the ideas of nurture being stronger than nature in terms of behaviour development and tradition adoption

. Counter to core eugenicist beliefs. 

I identified the themes on page 18 and guessed where this would end up not long after with the constant reminders of the

Ouroboros

presence. This didn't detract from the read, it weirdly enhanced it. Like knowing what's going to happen politically doesn't change the horror of it happening. 

None of the characters are redeemable, and that feels like the point to me. Noemì is a socialite, far from reality. The Doyle's are of "good and proper breeding". The plot IS the characters, and how they imprint themselves on the world to leave a legacy. Consequently, this close-knit (

you might say incestuous

) cast cannot be deemed diverse, as I again think this is the point. However, it is a rich narrative, with a sense of diverse themes. 

4.5 stars. 0.5 taken off for a slow crawl through Act II

and for the positive ending. End in misery. Like global politics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting

shamaramill's review

4.5

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide

rsb12's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic