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A review by vickycbooks
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.0
I enjoyed this! I really liked Montserrat's no-nonsense attitude, she makes a very practical protagonist who still falls prey to her own flaws (being defensive, overly practical, becoming too obsessed with something etc.) sometimes. The 90s setting was both atmospheric and relevant to the plot, and the horror movie focus makes SILVER NITRATE a great read for people who were fans of PLAIN BAD HEROINES.
SILVER NITRATE was suspenseful and with a lot of plot and supernatural elements, but there was also a lot of very tender character development of Montserrat and Tristan. I thought Moreno-Garcia developed their characters in a very layered wayand I think their ending together is very sweet . Overall, I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys spooky, supernatural infused adult suspense novels. (Think PLAIN BAD HEROINES, THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, HOUSE OF HUNGER).
Read as an audiobook courtesy of Libro.fm, on 1.5-2.2x speed! Gisela Chipe's narration matched Montserrat's character really well.
SILVER NITRATE was suspenseful and with a lot of plot and supernatural elements, but there was also a lot of very tender character development of Montserrat and Tristan. I thought Moreno-Garcia developed their characters in a very layered way
Read as an audiobook courtesy of Libro.fm, on 1.5-2.2x speed! Gisela Chipe's narration matched Montserrat's character really well.
Content Warnings
Content Warnings: murder, death, gore, Nazis, eugenics, racism, colorism, homophobia, classism, cults, appropriation of Indigenous culture (not condoned), discussion of self-harm and attempted suicide, drug use, alcohol abuse