Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5 reviews

jlaz_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Incest, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Body horror, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Trafficking, Infertility, Rape, Sexual violence, and Cursing

msonoda's review against another edition

challenging

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I couldn’t put this book down!  The story is very fast moving, the characters are enticing, and the plot is chock-full of spookiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Incest and Terminal illness

Minor: Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Vomit, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

TW several mentions of eugenics

eclareb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Incest, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Trafficking

_nsamimi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit