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Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Gótico by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

1021 reviews

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

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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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bekran's review against another edition

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challenging 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? Yes

5.0

Super spooky. I loved it but I don't know if I'll ever be capable of reading again. The imagery is very vivid and visceral.

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efsparks's review against another edition

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challenging 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? No

3.75


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sehenry20's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

A bit slow at the beginning, but it sets itself up well and when everything comes together it's very tense and unsettling.

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thepassivebookworm's review against another edition

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

5.0


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capriqueen's review against another edition

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

3.0

Well-written and compelling, but I don’t think I have the stomach for horror novels, especially not ones so woven with mushrooms, mold, and fungi. If I’d known I probably wouldn’t have picked it up, but I stuck around for Noemí because she was awesome and I wanted to see how it ended

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kellyofcali's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

A very spooky tale with a excellent strong female lead, perfect for an October read! My only complaint was the end got a bit chaotic, but I often find that to be the case with horror climaxes, and so I don't actually think that was an issue with the book, but perhaps more my feelings about horror. 

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howdyjordan's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

4.5


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lilbil's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5


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alienrosey's review against another edition

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4.5

This book was CRAZY I loved it so much. I was literally reading this with my hand over my mouth gasping lol 
Also had to remove half a star bc of the rapey vibes, it wasn’t too graphic but still made my skin crawl in an unwelcome way. It wasn’t used poorly tho so I can’t remove a full star?   

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