Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

249 reviews

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

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? No

4.25

Loved it! The story was interesting from the start and got very tense. I had to stop myself from trying to read ahead because I just needed to know what was going to happen. 

There are some events that might be triggering for some people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, and Fire/Fire injury

ashe_nightwind's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

zahliajayne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

stunning and chilling bundled into an unforgettable read. perfect way to end halloween night <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

allisonsmith120's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

straybutterfly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sushisushi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

esme_may's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.75

Spooky but not super scary

Apart from the scene in the graveyard where she thought she saw something move

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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