Mexican Gothic

E-bok, 374 sidor

På English

Publicerades 29 juni 2020 av Random House Worlds.

ISBN:
978-0-525-62079-2
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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode …

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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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