Reviews tagging 'War'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

18 reviews

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

What a reprehensible little family. Noemi Toboada <3 i luv u <3 I wish you'd never met them.

Very interesting concept, surprisingly thoughtfully feminist and intersectional. Underneath the

mind-controlling, life-extending, consciousness-transferring mushrooms

is a story about the use and abuse of female, non-white, and poor bodies at the hands of a colonial power and men who never hear or internalize the word "no." Is it ground-breaking or particularly deep? No. But I was glad that

the people who mattered (Catalina and Noemi) made it out alive and triumphant and that Agnes was freed. I also appreciated that, at the end of the day, Catalina and Noemi saved themselves/each other, instead of being saved by a man.

Also, learned a new word: lugubrious = adj. looking or sounding sad and dismal. It played in my head on a loop for three days after I read it. Very fun word to say, one might even say too fun to mean "sad".

Weakest part of the book for me was the romance between Francis and Noemi

, wish they just ended as friends. Though I guess the novel itself tells us that we never know what the future has in store for them, so they may very well breakup

.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit, Medical content, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

drymice's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Incest, Racism, and Cannibalism

Minor: Child abuse and War

carrigoitia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.5

Slow start and somewhat clunky language at times (I had to pretend it wasn’t a period piece or it would hurt my brain too much), but really solid Gothic themes and chilling plot. 

Content Warnings: 
- Heavy incest themes(as is often the case with Gothic lit)
- There are also a few near-sexual assaults, all of which are diffused pretty quickly with mild repercussions, but there are definite themes of lack of autonomy/consent in this novel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

lilithsumoza's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and War

echo_chamber's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: War

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first big reveal was kind of an obvious one, but they took it in an unexpected direction. It was interesting and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

The r*pe tag is for

an attempt that is stopped

jaydeecepticon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

denlia's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

chaoticenby'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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: War

eli_like_a_lie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Incest, Racism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent and War

There is a lot descriptions of rot/mold/fungus