A review by brittanylee0302
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

As this was my first horror novel I dont have much to compare this book to. That being said, I did enjoy it. The beginning (really the whole first half) was very very slow but once you got past that, the second half of the book was super fast. I feel like it could have been paced better. The author did a great job with the imagery in this book and I feel like people think horror means scary (which maybe it does a little) but I feel like lots of times horror is gore & gross with some spooky parts & thats exactly what this book is. I literally cringed while I read it & said yuck out loud & can only imagine how long ill be (unfortunately, but fortunately?) thinking about some of these scenes but I think that's a good thing in terms of a horror novel! 
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