Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

448 reviews

khayes2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really liked it! The mystery of it was really interesting and the imagery was really successfully unsettling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Classism

karen_lo's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest, Suicide, and Cannibalism

mo0nsugar's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

knittingarch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

It started out very strong but the big reveal and final confrontation was very lackluster and disappointing. The body horror and hose descriptions, however, did creep me out so some parts of the novel were successful. I also hated the actual ending. Definition of trite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

midsummerbri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

c_l_ara's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Incest, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

oscarwildesbitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Incest, Suicide, and Cannibalism

freagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

edhyndman's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

laramaren's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic