Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

145 reviews

jinmichae's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious 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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I cannot believe it's taken me this long to read Silvia Moreno-Garcia! I've been missing out! I absolutely tore through this book. The atmosphere, the mystery, the lush writing style, it all clicked immediately for me and I couldn't put this story down. The characters are interesting and well developed, the story is tense and creepy, and ooooh that tonal shift partway through could have totally put me off in another author's hands but SMG pulled it off beautifully! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury

ghostsversion's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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What a wonderful book to start the new year with. Not only did this book make me appreciate Gothic novels a tad more, the inclusion of fungi horror was something I didn’t realise I was craving for. And how gross and disgusting it was. But I do love

women killing bitches.

I also like it in a way that

there is still uncertainty on whether the gloom is really gone, leaving it to the beliefs of the reader. I personally like to think they did it, if only for my own peace of mind.

I also find it funny how I misconstrued the Doyles‘ plan before the reveal, as I thought

they were merely planning to slowly kill Catalina and have Virgil marry Noemí for whatever reason. I was kind of right I guess but still.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

beccabookworm's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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This book is downright cinematic. The descriptions of the settings, the actions, the people were so visceral that I marveled and gagged (literally). It was a little slow in the beginning as it built tension and a sense of unease. But when it got going, it went at full speed. And yet it still didn’t feel rushed. There was so much to reveal, but I never felt like exposition was being vomited at me. The characters are engaging, the plot had me at the edge of my seat. 10/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage

jacky_reads_books's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional 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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Loved it! The story was interesting from the start and got very tense. I had to stop myself from trying to read ahead because I just needed to know what was going to happen. 

There are some events that might be triggering for some people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury

rusticowgirl's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Physical abuse, Gaslighting

zahliajayne's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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stunning and chilling bundled into an unforgettable read. perfect way to end halloween night <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual harassment, Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

straybutterfly's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

khayes2's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I really liked it! The mystery of it was really interesting and the imagery was really successfully unsettling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Classism