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Temporada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor

61 reviews

sianbradley98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

tessamoose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

entre_fanon_y_weil's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Abortion, and Murder

merenguita's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Uff... Tuve que tomarme algunos descansos en medio de algunos capítulos... son crudos y recomiendo fuertemente leer las advertencias antes de leerlo. 
La forma en que escribe Fernanda Melchor es lo más característico del libro y aquello que logra que todo se sienta cercano y visceral, permitiendo que uno se sienta que se encuentre dentro de la cabeza de los personajes, siendo partícipe de su hilo de pensamiento.  La violencia se describe sin reparos ni filtros, lo cual solo la hace más difícil de digerir, pero logra transmitir lo cotidiano de ella, es una gran representación de la profundidad de nuestras heridas sociales. 
Es difícil decir que lo disfruté, por lo difícil de leer que algunas escenas resultan, pero realmente me encantó como libro. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brnczv's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Very dark, VERY graphic, very heavy, but the story structure and how everything is revealed is really fascinating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy and Classism

greghw's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kunma's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Este es probablemente el mejor libro que he leído. O por lo menos uno de los mejores.
Desde el primer capítulo, Fernanda te atrapa con un estilo de escritura ágil y que te sumergirá en la historia como si tú fueras solamente un vecino más del pueblo en el que se desarrolla la historia.
La autora relata tan bien la dinámica social en Latinoamérica, que si tu familia te trata de la patada, que la pobreza, que aunque sea con prostitución la gente busca ganarse sus pesitos, el odio a las llamadas "brujas", la homofobia, el body shaming del que nadie se salva, el alcoholismo tan común, la misoginia, la corrupción de las autoridades; la mentalidad religiosa, la del no creyente y la "brujería"; el robo y la violencia, pero al mismo tiempo, el sentido de comunidad que tenemos los latinos.
Como dice la sinopsis, es: una novela cruda y desgarradora en la que el lector quedará envuelto, atrapado por las palabras y la atmósfera de terrible, aunque gozosa, fatalidad.
Everything about this book feels like home. I can only feel sorry for those who won't be able to read it in Spanish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming and Outing

Minor: Excrement

phou's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

hnelson510's review against another edition

I couldn’t handle the barrage of sexist, homophobic, transphobic slurs and graphic descriptions of murder, rape and child abuse. I’m almost positive the author’s intent was to shine a light on these behaviors and why they’re awful, but there is nothing to hold on to on the journey through the book. I just didn’t want to read that horrible stuff anymore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Outing