Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

11 reviews

chulandonmarcum's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I’m giving this book a solid four stars I’m so happy that Francis lived and got out of the house. While i wish the author would have given us more of a closed ending to the book I could definitely see how the author could easily write a second book based off of this one. 

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shamaramill's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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deetabz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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katieandkiri's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I FLEW through this book in about a day and I honestly still can’t believe that. The people next in line for this Livby hold will probably appreciate that. Clearly I couldn’t put this down. Now I’m going to go and probably have nightmares but it was worth it!

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purplepickle's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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skittles6815's review against another edition

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dark medium-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? N/A
I hated this book.
It felt like the author wrote it while only thinking about incest with a grandfather. It was so gross the whole time, and really bad writing

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carmen15044's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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smozie's review against another edition

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

5.0


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erynlasbelin's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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elleonline's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

3.5 stars.

i read this book in one day. it's a very titillating read. i mean it would have be an average read but the somewhat disturbing parts made it more grittier.
when howard poured the sludge from his decaying body to noemi, made me sick to my stomach. i am lowkey a germaphobe but i love dark themed media. i'm repulsed and fascitnated at the same time. but i'm not gonna lie, virgil's rape attempts made me extremely uncomfortable.


i liked the characters, they feel tangible for me. although, the supposed mystery is held back halfway through the book, i think it could've been executed better than that.
the fantasy element only jumped out in the last half of the book. i can see why it's a withheld information as an attempt for a surprise factor—i mean, it's not even mentioned in the blurb of the book—but the info dump in the middle of the book kind of turned me off.
it's a very satisfying read nonetheless. something to recommend to a friend.

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