amessina3399 's review for:

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-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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This book is so full of rage of every kind, and it’s fantastic. It’s graphic, violent, bleak, and sooo cathartic. It did take me a little while to get into it and into the groove of the stream of consciousness style writing, but once I did I blew through it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Abandonment