A review by himansii
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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

3.75

This book was a little hard for me to get through because a lot of the beginning felt really repetitive and I was confused for many parts of it. I wish i could have seen catalina play a bigger role and there to be more cute moments between Noemi and Francis. Noemi was such a frustrating character at times and I had a hard time connecting to her. I wanted to understand her motivations past getting a degree in anthropology. A lot changed towards the end though when the gloom finally started becoming a bigger part of the plot. The details were genuinely so vulgar and I had a hard time reading it at night but I think it’s the most interesting part of the book. For how massive of a twist it was, it did feel a little rushed (maybe that was the authors intention) and the ending felt too simple. Also there were some unanswered questions like how did the woman in the village know to make the tincture and how the wounds got healed.
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