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I liked the ideas behind this book more than the execution of the book itself. The familiar tropes and set pieces are all there, and on a symbolic level Moreno-Garcia does a lot of interest with them (it's the colonialism, stupid) but on a storytelling level...not so much. Especially in the soggy middle, which is just scene after scene of Noemí having vaguely spooky dreams and the asshole gaslighty family being assholish gaslighters. Things did pick up a bit in the climax for me -- I enjoy a pul
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Tell you what, between this and The Last of Us, I’m done with mushrooms for a while.
The first 2/3rds of the book worked for me, but the supernatural action packed last 3rd did not. The feminist spin on a fairytale was welcome . . . It was sort of like Nancy Drew mixed with Dark Shadows and the Thriller video.
Noemi travels to the home of her cousin Catalina, who since marrying into the wealthy Doyle family has been uncharacteristically distant, but has recently sent a letter that causes Noemi concern. Noemi is suspicious of the family, who Catalina in her letter claimed were trying to poison her. The crumbling house begins to creepy into Noemi's nightmares, and the terrible secrets the family has tried to hide.
I'd heard such good things about this book that I found myself disappointed. For me, it was ...more
I'd heard such good things about this book that I found myself disappointed. For me, it was ...more
This is not what I expected, although I'm not sure what I'd expected. I wasn't familiar with gothic novels and their mouldering, moody, sprawling descriptions and writing style. This was kind of trashy, in a fun way!, and with an odd kind of drawing the lace curtain across anything too salacious. The gory, spurting, viscous flow of the eventual reveals was all up front. Very entertaining once it got going.
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This was a slow read for most of the book. Atmospheric, dark and mysterious, but very slow. Then it sprints to the end with wild, weird, and surprising twists.
An odd book, but it was right up my alley for horror novels. If you like Stephen King, or movies like "Crimson Peaks", this book is for you.
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