A review by storytimed
The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera

2.5

This is a weird case where I didn't like the book but immediately looked up the publisher and added a lot of their other offerings to my tbr
Set in Mexico City basically during COVID But Worse, The Transmigration of Bodies is a noirish take on Romeo and Juliet where a mob fixer called the Redeemer organizes an exchange of corpses between two different crime families
It's fairly misogynistic, the Romeo and Juliet take was kind of non-existent, and the plot is v much nothing but vibes
But idk something about the style kinda Hit... The writing style but also the atmosphere of a dead city under lockdown
Anyway I'm hoping the rest of this small press's offerings are better but equally stylish
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