Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

72 reviews

emburs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Medical content

Moderate: Racism and Sexual harassment

bubblegirl858's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

One of Silvia’s more interesting book. I like that it was based on another story. I didn’t like her female lead in this book as much as her other books until right at the end, and even then it is 50/50. The plot was super interesting and fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

kirstym25's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

julianimal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Gun violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Suicide

elykeepthefaith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book started off very slow but once I got into it, I could not put it down. The book is dual POV, switching between Dr. Moreau’s daughter Carlotta and the mayordomo of the hacienda Montgomery. The story is loosely based on the HG Wells book, The Island of Dr. Moreau. Moreno-Garcia weaves in a cultural element as the story takes place in the Yucatán. She is a master of this, taking time to add historical details and language. Moreno-Garcia builds this beautiful and mysterious world in which the story unravels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Violence

rhi_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cassie7e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical content

mcooper's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

tree_star's review against another edition

3.0

The Island of Doctor Moreau is one of my favorite books of all time. I had high hopes for a feminist leaning retelling but it left me with a lot to be desired. It read like fanfiction.
Some chapter repeated from a different POV which annoyed me.
I did like how some of the racism, sexism and colonialism is reframed, but honestly I didn't need to read a while ass book when I wrote this critical review in college. 
It was fine.  I am in the fence about the redemptive ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

theos_bananabread's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Colonisation, and Classism