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A review by apireading
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
5.0
FAVORITE READ OF THE YEAR ALERT!
This book had EVERYTHING I love and enjoy in a novel.
The pace is definitely slow but I’m a huge fan of author who knows to take their time. And Moreno-Garcia mastered it: she puts her character and her reader in a slowly uncomfortable and horrific situation. The settings is pretty common in many ways (the manor, the isolated cousin, the creepy old white family) but I can assure you that it’s nothing like you’ve ever read before.
The writing style is simply extraordinary in an highly visual way and I felt like watching a movie multiple times. More than its own plot, Moreno-Garcia added multiple elements about Mexican history, culture and folklore making her book even more impactful.
A masterpiece.
tw: death, sexual assault, mention of rape, incest, cannibalism, fire, disease, skin disease, poison, corpse/body horror, racism/racial supremacy theories, infanticide, body/mind manipulation.
This book had EVERYTHING I love and enjoy in a novel.
The pace is definitely slow but I’m a huge fan of author who knows to take their time. And Moreno-Garcia mastered it: she puts her character and her reader in a slowly uncomfortable and horrific situation. The settings is pretty common in many ways (the manor, the isolated cousin, the creepy old white family) but I can assure you that it’s nothing like you’ve ever read before.
The writing style is simply extraordinary in an highly visual way and I felt like watching a movie multiple times. More than its own plot, Moreno-Garcia added multiple elements about Mexican history, culture and folklore making her book even more impactful.
A masterpiece.
tw: death, sexual assault, mention of rape, incest, cannibalism, fire, disease, skin disease, poison, corpse/body horror, racism/racial supremacy theories, infanticide, body/mind manipulation.