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Silver Nitrate
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.5 stars
This book follows Montserrat, a sound editor left out of the boys club running the film industry in 90s Mexico City. But when her friend Tristán discovers his new neighbour is a cult horror film director who claims that he has been cursed because of a film he never finished. Now he wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him finish the film but they soon discover that sorcerers and magic might not only be the stuff of movies.
I really liked this book. I really liked both Montserrat and Tristán as characters and I liked both of their journeys over the course of this story. I really liked the setting and how Moreno-Garcia invokes atmosphere. I loved the elements of Nazi occultism in the plot and how that and its intersections with eugenics were discussed. I thought the book was paced well and I really liked the ending. There was however, something about this book that just wasn't working for me and I'm not sure what it was or why. However, I would recommend this book and I will definitely be reading more from Silvia Moreno-Garcia in the future!
This book follows Montserrat, a sound editor left out of the boys club running the film industry in 90s Mexico City. But when her friend Tristán discovers his new neighbour is a cult horror film director who claims that he has been cursed because of a film he never finished. Now he wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him finish the film but they soon discover that sorcerers and magic might not only be the stuff of movies.
I really liked this book. I really liked both Montserrat and Tristán as characters and I liked both of their journeys over the course of this story. I really liked the setting and how Moreno-Garcia invokes atmosphere. I loved the elements of Nazi occultism in the plot and how that and its intersections with eugenics were discussed. I thought the book was paced well and I really liked the ending. There was however, something about this book that just wasn't working for me and I'm not sure what it was or why. However, I would recommend this book and I will definitely be reading more from Silvia Moreno-Garcia in the future!