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atlantisfrost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Animal death and Torture
abby_can_read's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
This book was fine. It wasn't for me. I really wanted to like it. The worldbuilding is what interested me the most.
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death
ford_defect's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
slimshaedy92's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
megsbookishadventures's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Police brutality, and Grief
sonygaystation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, and Pregnancy
trollmila's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Slavery, Trafficking, Colonisation, and Classism
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
What I liked:
- The cover!! Considering trying to find it as a print.
- The vibes, they do a great job of matching the cover. I love vampires and really liked the lore that is introduced in this book. Plus, the gritty, 'noir' atmosphere that makes Mexico City feel both futuristic and modern.
- The world-building; a lot of thought has been put into vampire traits and history, as well as the state of Mexico City. It did feel a bit surface-level at times, but it isn't a big book and I am perfectly happy with what is there.
- The Aztec inspirations, mythology and history were great to read.
- The plot, to an extent: it was fun and readable!
- The commentary of colonialism under a vampire lense.
- The dog!!
What I didn't like:
- The tone: this is an adult book, but to me reads quite YA with a lot of gore. The dialogue felt immature most of the time, the sex was fade to black, and overall nothing had the kind of nuance I would expect from a book directed at adult audiences. However, this is one of Moreno-Garcia's first books! I'm very excited to read more from her.
- Furthermore, this is classed under the 'horror' genre and I think I disagree with that. Vampires don't always equal horror, and this is gorey but I don't really get any other horror traits from it.
- I feel like Domingo should have been aged up at least a year to 18. He's 17 and I believe Atl is 22 or 23, which paired with the power imbalance of her being a vampire that could kill him in a heartbeat, made the romance just a bit icky.
- The development of the above romance. It felt like Atl switched from 'absolutely not' to 'i love him' within a couple of paragraphs and I would have liked either more buildup or a smoother transition.
- I didn't really connect with any of the characters. We had five POVs, and three of those were always very brief which didn't allow for any connection to them while also taking time away from Domingo and Atl. Ana was great until she just wasn't, for plot reasons, and I think Rodrigo's internal POV/motivations were unnecessary.
I also just really don't know how I feel about the ending!!
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death and Colonisation
maresuju's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
lira_the_recluse's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death