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mxpringle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death
Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, and Stalking
Minor: Antisemitism, War, and Kidnapping
ktb97's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Antisemitism and Blood
Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Racism
Minor: Alcoholism
hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, Car accident, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Biphobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Cancer
Minor: Genocide, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood
This book does talk about nazis and eugenics, there being a hierarchy of races. The main characters are adamantly against that bullshit but itās part of the cultās background.nashxra's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Antisemitism, and Ableism
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts
abitbetterbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I always say Iām not a horror fan, but I think Iām constantly getting proved wrong. This book wasnāt even that scary! I loved Mexican Gothic (which in my opinion was much more disturbing than this one) so I knew I had to give Silver Nitrate a shot. While Iām no film buff, I still really enjoyed the connections and details to the industry.
I loved Monserrat and Tristan. I loved their banter and closeness that only knowing someone your whole life can bring. I also adored heroes that were 38 and felt like real adult humans that made real adult human decisions. I also appreciated how flawed the characters were.
As a note, there is a decent amount of discussions of Nazis and Nazism as they pertain to post-WWII in Latin America, and in particular the ideas of āAryan superiorityā and eugenics.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, and Racism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism
Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Biphobia
chloesnotscared's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Grief
Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Cancer, Death, Racism, and Violence
ecn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
The writing was spectacular and the fantasy elements kept me entertained. I just wish it was edited a bit better and a whole lot spookier (then maybe I could feel fine with not dive too deep into the characters?).
However I will say the biggest win is having two messy/annoying bisexuals obsessed with horror (kinda) as the MCs. Huge representation win lol
Graphic: Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexism, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Death, Body horror, Drug use, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Colonisation, Animal death, Addiction, Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Blood
booksybookbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Racism, Suicide, Death, Gore, and Violence
sol_journal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Posted to: NetGalley, Goodreads, and The StoryGraph
Posted on: 28 July 2023
4.4 (rounded down to 4) out of 5 stars.
āSilver Nitrateā was a book that when I first saw the summary, I was a little iffy on if it was one Iād like. Now, I *loved* a few of Silvia Moreno-Garciaās previous books- āGods of Jade and Shadowā, āThe Beautiful Onesā, and āVelvet Was The Nightā. I knew her writing style well to know that Iād most likely *enjoy* her books regardless. I just figured that this new read would be a mood-read kind of book where Iād pick it up when I found myself *craving* a cursed movie title centering Nazi occultism, rough main characters, and stuff of fiction bleeding into two normal peopleās reality. When I got approved for this eARC after all, I decided to just jump right in and, man, was it a *phenomenal* read at the end.
āSilver Nitrateā shows the ugly of characters as well as it shows their ability to work together in the face of otherās ugly. Monserrat and TristĆ”n were a duo that I found myself in love with from the start. They had a dynamic that grew and burned into what was the ending scene and I *loved* it SO much. There was just something about their flaws- oneās cowardice and the otherās unhealthy dive into what she finds interesting- being highlighted and then *actually* working through them at some point that grabbed me.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the magic system. I know the premise was in-story built by not so good people, but Silvia Moreno-Garcia creates this interesting system that almost had me like Monserrat in that I wanted to know more! I donāt know how much of real world occultism was used to help base the magic in āSilver Nitrateā though, but the entwining of it *and* the idea of movies being more magic than what meets the eye was enthralling.
I think Iāve got a major book hangover with āSilver Nitrateā though because I want more reads *just* like it. I want to know what happens after the ending and I honestly just need more Monserrat and TristĆ”n! I canāt wait to get my hands on a physical copy so I can read it all over again (and annotate it this time!)
Moderate: Racism, Death, Antisemitism, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Alcoholism
Most of the minor content warnings are brief mentions that are a bit pertinent to the story, but arenāt too in depth. The antisemitism is in the form of nazi talk/mentions of nazi occultism and racism in that aspect- eugenics included.cadence99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
felt like the character development was much improved from the books that Iāve read of hers in the past. Iād highly recommended it to anyone who can handle supernatural horror. A lot of if also felt very historical fiction heavy, with all the elements of old Mexican horror movies inserted throughout, and I really enjoyed that about it.
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Colonisation, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Biphobia, Addiction, and Cancer
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Stalking, Suicide, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Genocide, Vomit, and War