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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

65 reviews

jaydeecepticon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Incest, Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, War, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tamara_joy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Racism, Murder, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Mental illness, Medical content, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

arayo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual content, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

judassilver's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Blood, Gaslighting, Classism, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Child death, Incest, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Forced institutionalization

pookiee's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

i wasn’t expecting to devour this so quickly. I had a feeling it wld be great, but normally i take time to digest “serious”/acclaimed/historical books. this story is just so gripping, esp once the

hallucinations kick in, dreams and reality blend together, and you try to figure out wth is going on

. idk that i understood what it all is supposed to represent.
all the respect in the world to Moreno-Garcia for writing a good, whole story in 300 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, and Blood

yungblonde's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Grief, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Incest, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Infertility, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol

jessy4550's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Pregnancy, Suicide, Chronic illness, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Colonisation, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Vomit, Alcohol, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

2.5

hmm. i think this had the potential to be good, but it just fell short. for a book titled mexican gothic, there was little to none about mexican culture, and even the characters were mainly white. the gothic parts i think were executed better. i love spore-horror so that was great, but other parts were not so good. and like many others said in the reviews, it was incredibly slow. also some of the characters are underdeveloped or just gross. so approach this at your own risk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gore, Sexual content, Rape, Blood, Classism, Infidelity, Alcohol, Incest, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexism, Body horror, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Genocide, Medical content, Sexism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Cursing, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thewellbitch's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

 4 stars - Truly gothic, truly Mexican

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Classism, Racism, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol