Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

136 reviews

adrienne_rennie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Blood, Colonisation, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Classism, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cannibalism, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Rape

jghood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A great horror story for people who don't read horror (myself included). Fun, good pacing, mysterious. 

There are plenty of trigger warnings for this book! (Though I think that's expected with horror). 

The plot is fun and mysterious. The writing and imagery are vivid.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Minor: Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual assault, Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Gaslighting

priamoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Slavery, Death, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Rape, Body horror, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Colonisation, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

Minor: Pregnancy, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Cannibalism

kbowles24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Incest, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

katemarie99's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It's giving Saltburn. It's giving Wuthering Heights. It's giving Beloved. It's giving The Yellow Wallpaper. It's giving Get Out. It's giving Alice in Wonderland.

I'm spooked down to my very bones, but this is a good book. Do yourself a favor and check out TWs first, tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Classism, Death, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first big reveal was kind of an obvious one, but they took it in an unexpected direction. It was interesting and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Incest, Gaslighting, Confinement, Racism, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Colonisation, Cursing, and Sexism

Minor: Child death, War, Suicide, Rape, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

The r*pe tag is for

an attempt that is stopped

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Death, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cannibalism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Child death, Incest, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

flamming_bluejeans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Incest, Sexual harassment, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicide, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Toxic relationship, Racism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Gore, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Vomit, Cursing, Alcohol, and Medical content

thede5tiny's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

Honestly took a while for the story to get going but the last 30% is pretty good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Child death, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

ebp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Misogyny, Child death, Racism, Classism, Violence, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Colonisation, Confinement, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Moderate: Terminal illness, Gun violence, Drug use, Blood, Suicide, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage