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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.0
Isn't that cover amazing? I was excited to read this because ….
1. The cover looked beautiful. I know they say Never judge a book by its cover, but when its this beautiful, you cant help it.
2. I had never read a gothic suspense novel before.
3. It had "Mexican" in the title. This book is related to MY culture.
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The main character, Noemi is a 1950’s Mexican socialite in Mexico City who is sent to check on her newlywed cousin, Catalina after received a frantic letter saying she thinks her husband is trying to poison her.
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That makes for a interesting, dramatic start. When her father sends her down to check on Catalina, he had already contacted the husband , Virgil Doyle and he could tell something wasn’t right.
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My 1st thought when I read this was … Mexican's worried about mental state? In the 50's? Seems a little strange to me. I didn't grow up in Mexico, but even in the US, even now, I feel like mental health isn't talked about enough. So, for him to automatically seek out medical treatment for his niece seemed weird to me.
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She gets to the house, which is called High Place and its creepy. The house looks gross. It hasn't been updated in years. Its very dark and there's no light. It’s also to remain very quiet. Uncle Howard, the head of the house is very old and near death and requires the house to be quiet. The longer that Noemi stays there, the more she learns about the house.
Noemi starts getting these crazy, lucid dreams. There has to be something in this house. With Florence, the house manager she makes it very difficult for Noemi to get any real alone time with Catalina to figure out what is wrong.
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High Place seems to be a creepy character, too. The secrets that get revealed later on throughout this book are very hard for me to swallow. Its was just gross. High Place was gross and gorey. The details really put me there, as disturbing as that is cause it just seemed so gross.
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At the end of this book, I found it a little disturbing. It wasn't really my cup of tea. The goriness grossed me out that I don't know if I will pick up another gothic novel. The build up to the twists wasn't really something that I enjoyed either. I felt like it took too long. It did take me about a week to finish because I kept putting it down and didn't find it intriguing enough to pick it up again.
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1. The cover looked beautiful. I know they say Never judge a book by its cover, but when its this beautiful, you cant help it.
2. I had never read a gothic suspense novel before.
3. It had "Mexican" in the title. This book is related to MY culture.
.
The main character, Noemi is a 1950’s Mexican socialite in Mexico City who is sent to check on her newlywed cousin, Catalina after received a frantic letter saying she thinks her husband is trying to poison her.
.
That makes for a interesting, dramatic start. When her father sends her down to check on Catalina, he had already contacted the husband , Virgil Doyle and he could tell something wasn’t right.
.
My 1st thought when I read this was … Mexican's worried about mental state? In the 50's? Seems a little strange to me. I didn't grow up in Mexico, but even in the US, even now, I feel like mental health isn't talked about enough. So, for him to automatically seek out medical treatment for his niece seemed weird to me.
.
She gets to the house, which is called High Place and its creepy. The house looks gross. It hasn't been updated in years. Its very dark and there's no light. It’s also to remain very quiet. Uncle Howard, the head of the house is very old and near death and requires the house to be quiet. The longer that Noemi stays there, the more she learns about the house.
Noemi starts getting these crazy, lucid dreams. There has to be something in this house. With Florence, the house manager she makes it very difficult for Noemi to get any real alone time with Catalina to figure out what is wrong.
.
High Place seems to be a creepy character, too. The secrets that get revealed later on throughout this book are very hard for me to swallow. Its was just gross. High Place was gross and gorey. The details really put me there, as disturbing as that is cause it just seemed so gross.
.
At the end of this book, I found it a little disturbing. It wasn't really my cup of tea. The goriness grossed me out that I don't know if I will pick up another gothic novel. The build up to the twists wasn't really something that I enjoyed either. I felt like it took too long. It did take me about a week to finish because I kept putting it down and didn't find it intriguing enough to pick it up again.
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