Mexican Gothic

Inbunden, 301 sidor

På English

Publicerades 30 juni 2020 av Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-525-62078-5
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OCLC-nummer:
1121602979

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From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.

He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.

After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside, unsure what she will find. Noemí is an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, more suited to cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough, smart, and not afraid: not of her cousin’s new English husband, a stranger who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemí’s dreams with visions of blood …

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recenserade Mexican Gothic av Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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I really wanted to love this. Maybe it's just that I'm in a major reading slump. But I never quite get sucked into the 1950s gothicness of it - where Signal to Noise felt lived, this often felt a little too consciously period-piece-y, and so caught up in its protagonist's own world that the other characters feel like they're constantly waiting just off-stage to interact with her. Still much to like and I hope to read more of her in the future.

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