Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Cometierra by Dolores Reyes

28 reviews

doomluz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

A heartbreaking and raw story. It addresses the femicides happening in Latin America, specifically Argentina.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Rape

chionifos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ferrot_lectorapromedio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, and Classism

bleepbloop's review against another edition

dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

rhi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

pil4r's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

elidhios's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

relectura agosto 2023, 4 ⭐ sigo sosteniendo que es un gran libro

4.5 ¿Cómo poner en palabras éste libro? No se si pueda, pero amo haber dado con libros de horror y realismo mágico de autoras nacionales. Cometierra es crudo, es mágico y es atrapante, desde las primeras palabras te enreda y no te suelta hasta el final.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

anniey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

blotchedspots's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

This is my first book translated from Spanish (and the translation note specifies it is a particular dialect of Argentinian Spanish) and I don't know if that was it, or if I just did not care for the writing. I felt like details weren't kept consistent (as rarely as there were details) and that some parts of the book existed for no reason. The "romance" in it is badly written and unexplained. I wouldn't suggest this book to most people. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Violence, and Vomit

bookishbrenbren's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

If you love Selva Almada, I think you'll enjoy this book, it's very similar to her writing.

 I think this book had a lot of potential. It's written in a brilliant voice and it's vibey. Even though it's very dark throughout, I would describe it as ethereal, in the way that you can never really grasp onto what point the author is making before she's reminding you of this other point you need to pay attention. Unfortunately for such a short book, that means that a lot of the points she was trying to make were never fully delivered upon or developed completely. I thought it had a lot going for it but the ending was somewhat disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail