tamara_joy 's review for:

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

3.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This has everything you want from a gothic thriller - big old house, dead previous wife, grim housekeeper, even a long white nightgown! What makes it unique is its well-described setting in 19th century Mexico, which gives it a new flavour.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, War