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Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Gótico by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

1021 reviews

erinreadsbooks's review against another edition

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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

4.25

Oh boy, this was more horrific than I expected. The full-body shudders that the descriptions triggered… the faces I made while reading about the imagery and smells and sensations in this book… wow. The plot was compelling, the characters varied, and the situations the protagonist is put into terrifying. I felt vaguely ill most of the time while reading this one but boy was it gripping. 

Read if you like thrillers, horror (especially body horror), and big scary houses with character. 
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braincircus's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

the story takes a little while to really get going, but i found this to be such a pageturner once i hit the halfway mark! really good exploration of the horrors of colonialism and misogyny.
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starkj80's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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lola_rodrigo's review against another edition

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

3.5

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dalstellar's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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kamixiii's review against another edition

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

4.0

L'action commence très tard dans le livre, mais une fois qu'elle est commencer, c'est difficile de décrocher. 
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tkhz's review against another edition

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

2.0

I enjoy horror and have liked gothic literature, but this book wasn't for me.

The beginning of the book was intriguing and I enjoyed the atmosphere being created, but it began to drag about halfway through. I was becoming frustrated with
Noemi's spinelessness despite being characterized as a strong female lead, and how she tried but never really tried to help Catalina escape. I thought it would end up going a different way.
I also felt some Get Out vibes when the Doyles would talk about genetics and ancestry, but the reveal of their reasoning for being interested in this topic was more odd and stomach-churning than anything else.
The ancestral memory scenes and scenes with Howard made me feel physically ill.


I would also not recommend this to anyone who is not comfortable with reading scenes of sexual assault. It was listed as a moderate content warning but the topic is brought up relatively frequently and is described graphically a few times. I did not expect it to play such a large role in the plot. I would also add that body horror is described very vividly.

Overall, I wanted to like this as it seemed up my alley, but the plot and characters really fell short.
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body_by_art's review against another edition

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

5.0

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m3greads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

4.5

I was not prepared for how vile and disgusting the descriptors would be like godDAMN EWUGH

now I can’t eat mushrooms the same anymore…but this book was amazing omg
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