yummygingerdrink 's review for:

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A bit of a mixed-review from me. 

Things I liked:
-Very interesting premise, I especially liked how

The main character becomes more and more obsessed with Ewers and magic.

-The setting: I really like the idea of exploring the Mexican film scene in the 90s.

Things I didn't like:
-Some of the dialogue felt forced and unnatural.
-The pacing felt a bit strange, slowed down a lot in the middle and the end felt a bit rushed. 
-I would have liked more exploration into

the ways that studying magic and Ewers really made Montserrat become enmeshed.

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The climax. I felt that the climax had no tension. At no point did I feel that Montserrat was going to accept Ewers' ideas/ join him. I think this leads into another thing I didn't enjoy about the novel: I think that tension wasn't really built in a meaningful way.

Overall, this isn't a bad read, but I would have liked more from this book.