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A review by saraireads
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.0
Noemi's cousin has married and moved to High Place to start her new life. When Noemi's father receives a strange letter from her cousin, Noemi volunteers to visit High Place and check in on her. The inhabitants of High Place are eccentric, and her cousin is not acting like her usual self, but the longer Noemi is at High Place, the more she realizes there's something more sinister at play.
This was a pleasant surprise. I thought it was going to be a gothic novel similar to Rebecca by du Maurier, but it ended up being a full on horror novel (which I liked!). The audiobook was excellent. The plot is slow and meandering at first, but I expected that because gothic novels typically need to ~set the scene~ and that takes a bit of time. Even though it was slower in the beginning, the mystery of High Place and the family hooked me in right away. I needed to know what was going on and I had soo many theories.
I was not ready for the reveal at the end! Unexpected, horrifying and it was written so well you felt like you were seeing exactly what was going on. I found it so satisfying and I can genuinely say I haven't read anything like it. I will definitely be reading more by Moreno-Garcia.
This was a pleasant surprise. I thought it was going to be a gothic novel similar to Rebecca by du Maurier, but it ended up being a full on horror novel (which I liked!). The audiobook was excellent. The plot is slow and meandering at first, but I expected that because gothic novels typically need to ~set the scene~ and that takes a bit of time. Even though it was slower in the beginning, the mystery of High Place and the family hooked me in right away. I needed to know what was going on and I had soo many theories.
I was not ready for the reveal at the end! Unexpected, horrifying and it was written so well you felt like you were seeing exactly what was going on. I found it so satisfying and I can genuinely say I haven't read anything like it. I will definitely be reading more by Moreno-Garcia.