Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

11 reviews

magdalena_rose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Religious bigotry

alreinwarth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Body horror

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Suicide attempt

aribook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow! This is a play on classic gothic revival novels combined with a modern horror sensibility and Mexican history. This book has atmosphere in spades, and Noemí is a great character. Her voice is snappy and fun, and I love seeing a character doing her best to take charge even in the situation she's in. 

Once the twist hits this book swings for the fences, and while I did think the last couple of chapters dragged on a bit too long overall I really liked this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Incest, Injury/injury detail, Racism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Terminal illness

skittles6815's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

I hated this book.

Spoiler

It felt like the author wrote it while only thinking about incest with a grandfather. It was so gross the whole time, and really bad writing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Excrement, and Gaslighting

szuum's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Sexism, Xenophobia, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

qamidala27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

bastieboi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

mireyadiaz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Vomit, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Gun violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism, Infertility, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

rachel_kay5853's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Incest, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content