Sometimes the weird fiction just be too weird for me. I'd probably argue against this being marketed as a horror novel, I'm pretty liberal with what books I would deem to be a part of the genre but I don't think this is one of them. I will say, the prose is a treat. I would love to compare the original Spanish publication and the translator's work; I found the translator's note in the back to be very interesting and would implore you to read it before you read the book. It would have greatly added to my experience and I wish it had been placed before the text.

Overall I would say this book was interesting and I'm glad I read it. I don't think I would recommend it to most people, but the plot certainly was unique. I liked the alternating perspectives and timeline and I think it helped to humanize all our characters, even though I never particularly liked or cared about any of them. I also think there's a lot of symbolism that can be deeply dissected and discussed, if you're into that sort of thing. I definitely got the gist but I could feel so much of it going over my head.

Full half star off for the poor formatting. Long blocks of text with little dialogue or paragraph breaks is exhausting for the mind and it took me a long time to read a not-very-long book.