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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

196 reviews

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Fantastic verbiage and usage of words. It really hooks you in, and I would say I’m a big fan of the horror genre but it’s very wonderful and lovecraftian. 
Some people may say the ending was a bit obvious or overdone, but I really like the themes of immortality, and horror within this book.
I felt really entrenched in the time period but not the setting, which was in a more rural Mexican town.
I liked how the book was paced. The beginning the horror sorts of creeps slowly in, and eventually traps you. I also liked how fast paced the climax was at the end. I think the pacing was well done though a lot of readers didn’t seem to enjoy it. It was like quicksand where the more you’re body is submerged the faster it gets( maybe idk how quicksand works).   

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Great read! Really exciting and gripping. Had me gagging at some points.

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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: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

if i had a nickel for every time
fungus is the villain
i’d have two nickels which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice. anyways the spook was very present in this book and it was excellent. gave me vague mary shelley
but with fungus
and crimson peak
but with fungus
vibes

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medium-paced

If you like other gothic fiction you'll probably like this. I enjoyed it quite a bit, it was a quick read.

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