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A review by aislinghelen
The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This was incredible. I haven’t read anything by this author before but now I have to.
This follows 3 different women, Vera, Nancy and Salome. Vera is a young Mexican woman who by chance ends up getting the lead role in a new movie about the biblical character Salome. Nancy is a wannabe actress who auditioned for the lead role but was cast as an extra. She also has some dangerous connections. Salome was a minor character in a few biblical stories, said to be a princess, and was later rewritten by history as a femme fatale.
The three women are trying desperately to survive in a world not made for them. There is an under current of politics in all three stories. It sounds like it should be too much to wrap your head around but it’s not. It’s done incredibly well. It’s easy to follow, but still mysterious. In some ways you can see where things are going but in others you really can’t.
I did find the ending a little abrupt, and would have liked a little more. Maybe a couple of articles about what happened or something, just to make it feel more fleshed out.
This follows 3 different women, Vera, Nancy and Salome. Vera is a young Mexican woman who by chance ends up getting the lead role in a new movie about the biblical character Salome. Nancy is a wannabe actress who auditioned for the lead role but was cast as an extra. She also has some dangerous connections. Salome was a minor character in a few biblical stories, said to be a princess, and was later rewritten by history as a femme fatale.
The three women are trying desperately to survive in a world not made for them. There is an under current of politics in all three stories. It sounds like it should be too much to wrap your head around but it’s not. It’s done incredibly well. It’s easy to follow, but still mysterious. In some ways you can see where things are going but in others you really can’t.
I did find the ending a little abrupt, and would have liked a little more. Maybe a couple of articles about what happened or something, just to make it feel more fleshed out.