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Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.5/5
I know this might come as an unpopular opinion, but I cant say that I fell head over heels with this book. I loved the cover, I loved the premise, I loved the writing. I loved even the Spotify playlist. But the book....meh.⠀
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First half of the book is slow. So slow. It has all the premises of a gothic novel: the lady in distress, the mansion, weird inhabitants, mysterious events, dramatic history....but I just felt nothing was happening. The mansion, the dreams, the girl wandering around....it could have been much shorter. And when shit starts happening, its just so weird and so gross. One scene specifically left me a bit repulsed, I have to admit. Anyways, by the end it does get better, weirder and action hits the roof in all of the unexpected ways. Still, it contains much more mold, mushrooms and gloom than I can digest. Talking of mushrooms, the feeling after finishing this book was pretty similar to the one after finishing The Starless Sea - that maybe I was supposed to be on some hallucinogenic stuff to understand what have I just read
I know this might come as an unpopular opinion, but I cant say that I fell head over heels with this book. I loved the cover, I loved the premise, I loved the writing. I loved even the Spotify playlist. But the book....meh.⠀
⠀
First half of the book is slow. So slow. It has all the premises of a gothic novel: the lady in distress, the mansion, weird inhabitants, mysterious events, dramatic history....but I just felt nothing was happening. The mansion, the dreams, the girl wandering around....it could have been much shorter. And when shit starts happening, its just so weird and so gross. One scene specifically left me a bit repulsed, I have to admit. Anyways, by the end it does get better, weirder and action hits the roof in all of the unexpected ways. Still, it contains much more mold, mushrooms and gloom than I can digest. Talking of mushrooms, the feeling after finishing this book was pretty similar to the one after finishing The Starless Sea - that maybe I was supposed to be on some hallucinogenic stuff to understand what have I just read