Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

217 reviews

edhyndman's review against another edition

dark 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: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

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

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

smilereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

• 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

rgs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thatamartins's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Torture, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

zoelowe's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was my first entry into the “gothic” genre and I must say I am hooked. The big personalities of each character really made the book just fly by. The world was immersive and the plot line was something right up my alley. I love the way the horror was written to maintain a beauty to it. I’ll be thinking about this book for a while and I expect to dive into similar books. I will likely also read more by this author. Truly a 5 star read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Racism

ssummar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Genocide, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Medical content, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lexig95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

First half was slow but the second half had me on the hook. Not my typical genre but well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Incest

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

shellroch285's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, and Colonisation