Reviews tagging 'Death'

Candelaria by Melissa Lozada-Oliva

8 reviews

saltysnails's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This is one of the most confusing books I have ever read. I think it could have benefited from a lot of editing a huge amount of potential it just needs so much work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Body horror

karinaelisa's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Look, didn't know what I was in for and that made this a hell of a ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Cannibalism

teatality's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

amarchetta's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I loved this book. It is so complicated and intricate that I'm sure it could take years of study to analyze this work. But it was so interesting and funny and crazy that I didn't want to slow down. It moved between being clearly satirical and being so sincere that I cried a bit at the end :'( Just fantastic.

(Plus, I love to find a surprise abortion storyline in fiction!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Abortion, Violence, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual content, Racism, Addiction, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

caro1121's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Abortion, Death, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, and Blood

I had such high hopes for this book! I’m glad I did not buy it physically. This story took a turn and the way that it was written was confusing. It was jumping back and forth. The magical realism element threw me off too, I wasn’t sure what to believe while reading it. The characters/daughters were such terrible people that they made it unbearable to get through. I did however like the plot twist. I don’t know if they explained why everything was happening, tuned out a bit towards the end, but I would’ve liked to understand what was going on.

megansoetaert's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

i love melissa lozada-oliva y'all!!! i wish i could just PEEK inside her brain... and then run away quickly because idk how she thinks of this shit (but i'm not sure i really want to know). this was so weird, and i loved it. it's about family and sisterhood and relationships and understanding yourself!!! but it's also about zombies and cults and cannibalism. who could want more?

also the girlies who love mona awad need to get on their MLO shit becauseeee it's so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Violence, and Sexual content

funkyauntjules's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

no you don't understand. i'm in love with this book. about 1/4 of the way in i knew i needed to read it again. and then again. this book has everything. EVERYTHING. melissa manages to take one thing and veer it in the opposite direction. oh you're crying? now you're laughing. oh you're scared? here's a wholesome, gorgeous, poetic moment. i wanted this story to be six hundred pages longer. i want this book etched into my headstone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction

_morgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt