Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

621 reviews

ixris's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Child death, Gore, Sexual violence, Death, Colonisation, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, and Chronic illness

Freaking GREAT modern gothic. Definitely gonna reread this thing.

andloveistoolong's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Incest, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, Rape, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage

raichou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Was für eine Geschichte! 
Ich habe das Buch so oft auf Booktube gesehen und musste es direkt kaufen, als es auf deutsch erschienen ist. 
Von der Story selber wusste ich vorher eigentlich gar nichts und ich glaube das ist auch gut so. 

Sich blind auf die Geschichte inzulassen war das beste was man machen kann. Deswegen werde ich auch nicht weiter darauf eingehen. 

Eine klare Leseempfehlung, nur achtet auf die Triggerwarnungen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Colonisation

kategorveatte'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Mexican Gothic has been on my TBR for awhile, but I finally picked it up for Canada Reads 2023. I wanted to love it, but I found it slow-going to grab my interest. Honestly, it put me in a bit of a slump. I put the book down around 40% and had trouble picking it back up, and I might have DNF-ed if it weren't part of Canada Reads. I rushed through the end because it was just so dark and fantastical and upsetting. I'm sure there's some intentionality to that, but it's not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Colonisation, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Child death, Rape, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

eli_jw's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I like this! kind of like Haunting of Hill House meets

Spoiler

Annihilation

? Really well done atmosphere and a main character you couldn't help rooting for. I didn't even mind all the

Spoiler

incest and cannibalism

because it didn't feel like it was in there just to get the highest shock value. Check TWs for sure though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Child death, Incest, Murder, Cannibalism, and Body horror

babayagaboi'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A wonderful addition to gothic horror. Moreno-Garcia's writing is sharp and witty at times, and others very visceral and gritty. The juxtaposition works perfectly for this type of horror. Noemí's character is delightful to follow: smart, charming, and strong. The reveal of what's happening exceeded my expectations for what I enjoy in horror, and it's a concept I'll continue to reflect on long after my first read!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual violence

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Classism, Gaslighting, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Colonisation, Gore, Incest, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Mental illness

luckydory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, and Suicide

professor_jango's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, and Racism

kindlycourtjester'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a book I started, put down after the first chapter, then picked back up and couldn't put down. I'm sure I'm not the first to make this comparison, but if you enjoy Crimson Peak, you'll probably like this book. This book is both very charming and very disturbing in turn, which is pretty much everything I need from a gothic horror. If it had one flaw, it's that I found some of the characters to be a little flat. Other than that, I had a great time reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

Regarding the rape warning: explicit rape does not occur on-page, but is attempted. There is an instance of dubious consent via supernatural powers. Two characters sexually harrass the protagonist on-page at various points in the story.