Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Temporada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor

149 reviews

michocomilk'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Creo que nunca había leído un libro que me diera tanto asco e hiciera que me doliera el estómago del horror. Pensaba que iba a leer una historia de terror sobre unas brujas y sus hechizos pero en realidad es un retrato muy crudo y terrorífico de los hombres y la homofobia y pedofilia en México. Todo está contado como si fuera un chisme veracruzano, fácil y rápido de leer, con personajes que te describen su contexto y te demuestran lo que sienten a cada paso de la historia. Me dejó muy intranquila y aún así quería terminar de leerlo y me gustó reconocer mientras leía palabras que conozco porque también usa mi mamá veracruzana. "Suyo, carajo, finalmente, suyo; suyo para estrujarlo entre sus pinches brazos."

mvegag's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bookishgingerjo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Murder

21maximillian's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, Police brutality, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.5

As another review put it, this book is utterly horrific and yet I couldn't put it down. Mostly because it was short and I wanted to be done with it already, but also because the prose is well written even if the content of it is nauseating. I'm not shy of horror, but this was a step too far for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

Graphic, on page depictions of most things but most notably: assault of a minor by a parent, assault of a minor by a sibling, beastiality, physical abuse between parental figure and child, prostitution, murder, drug use, etc. Not for the faint of heart.

kyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

kaleja's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual assault

riverss's review against another edition

challenging dark

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Abortion, and Murder

sandro_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

Hurricane Season is short but dense - long run-on sentences, no paragraphs, no quotation marks - an assault to the senses - brutal, vulgar - much like what the women in this Mexican town face at the hands of men.

Unfortunately, I admire the idea of this book much more than I enjoyed reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

seasidefaye13's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexual content