Mexican Gothic

Tapa dura, 301 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 30 de Junio de 2020 por Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-525-62078-5
¡ISBN copiado!
Número OCLC:
1121602979

Ver en OpenLibrary

4 estrellas (5 reseñas)

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 and doom. …

4 ediciones

Gothic horror + biting satire of colonisers

5 estrellas

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.

#SFFBookClub May 2023

reseñó Mexican Gothic de Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Una delusione

2 estrellas

Advertencia de contenido Leggeri spoiler sulla trama

avatar for Deinos

lo valoró con

4 estrellas
avatar for Deinos

lo valoró con

4 estrellas

Temas

  • English literature