Mexican Gothic

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Mexican Gothic (Hardcover, 2020, Quercus)

Rigidkovrila, 320 paĝoj

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 9-a de novembro 2020 de Quercus.

ISBN:
978-1-5294-0265-0
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4 steloj (6 recenzoj)

5 eldonoj

Gothic horror + biting satire of colonisers

5 steloj

This ended up being the third of 4 stories I read this year that were all variations on the Fall of the House of Usher (including the original), and I think it's my favourite. The slow pace with which the protagonist (and by extension us the readers) learn what exactly is up with the house felt realistic and made for great tension because there's such a long period in which it's clear that something is Very Wrong but not what it is. And along the way Moreno-Garcia gets in some choice digs about what colonisers are and do, including to themselves and each other. Deliciously gruesome.

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recenzis Mexican Gothic de Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Una delusione

3 steloj

Averto pri enhavo Leggeri spoiler sulla trama

Lush and Atmospheric

4 steloj

Mareno-Garcia presents a lush and atmospheric excursion into the gothic genre. Noemí Taboada is a wealthy strong-willed Mexican socialite who finds herself playing the uncanny hero after receiving a bewildering letter from her cousin, Catalina. The letter propels Noemí to travel to her cousin’s new home, High Place – an isolated English-style mansion – to check on Catalina’s mysterious behavior. Noemi is greeted by moldy wallpaper and in-laws bent on eugenics. Her stay at High Place only feels more and more menacing with each passing night as the unimaginable horrors become more and more richly detailed. Recommended for avid horror or suspense readers who just finished and loved “The Death of Jane Larence” by Caitlin Startling or “Tripping Arcadia” by Kit Mayquist for the creepy underpinnings and culturally diverse characters.