Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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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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attie777's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • 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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elg1105's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75


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thenoboshow's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I enjoyed getting wrapped in this dark (moist?) world. The diolgue really helped with the time and place. I could easily imagine the scenes playing out in a black & white film with romantic actors. Definatly one of my fastest reads this year and one I could recommend to most my friends. 

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abbys's review against another edition

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5.0


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do_good_books's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

4.25


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bookishdragonrider's review against another edition

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

3.5

I did enjoy this book and it definitely had some enjoyable and jaw dropping moments. It was dark and creepy and gross and I loved those vibes. I was pleasantly surprised with Noemí’s character development and how she went from spoiled heiress to survivor. I was even more impressed with Catalina. I wasn’t expecting much out of her but she came out of this story like a true G. 

At times I felt like the plot was moving along pretty slowly, and I felt like there wasn’t any part of the horror that overly wowed me. Some parts just felt forced without being necessary.  

Overall, had a good time and would recommend to beginner horror readers. 

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fionawiberg's review against another edition

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

4.25

“The ones that wear bedsheets over their heads are much less terrifying than the ones left by the sins of our ancestors.” I had SO MUCH FUN reading this book. It had so much to say about colonialism, desire and women’s mental health. I absolutely adored Noemi, probably one of my favorite protagonists in a while. I could see where she was going with the… mushroom stuff? But it felt just a little convoluted to me, there were so many times that I was like okay what is happening. I also felt like I needed a family tree in there somewhere, but when you’re always marrying your relatives it’s hard to keep track of that stuff I guess.

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laaztecabella's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75


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emhansen's review against another edition

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

4.0


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