A review by pmhandley
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

As with most books by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the storyline is a little convoluted, but god, it's not boring. Silver Nitrate is, in a lot of ways, repeating the themes in her other works. Dark magic set in Mexico City, or Mexico as a whole. Not subtle metaphors where the evil is really white supremacy. Nothing really happens and then suddenly EVERYTHING happens at a rapid pace. But it still always manages to be a new story and wildly creative. The only thing I could have gone without is the romantic subplot, but it doesn't get in the way of the larger story, so it's pretty unobjectionable. And of course, the most important lesson to take away from this book is the evergreen lesson of "don't hang out with Nazis, nothing good happens." 
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