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Gótico by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved this novel! It’s creepy and challenging and deliciously frightening! The writing is excellent, and I loved the main character. She was complex and imperfect but so brave. I won’t be eating mushrooms for a while, though. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

Historical horror featuring Mexican main characters set in Mexico

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kitkatdub's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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hurley0086's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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musingsofmocha's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I've been wanting to read this book for a while, due to its beautiful cover, lol. Good pace in the beginning then a little slower towards the middle, with a disgusting(I' not a fan of gross horror, and this went there) but satisfying (as in the book ended well) ending.

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mkdila's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The front half of this book was a bit slow, and I was not convinced, but after the halfway point I got it.

I honesty felt quite unattached to Noemi, as she felt a bit flat to me, but she had guts and moves the story along well. She gave Mary-Sue vibes in the way of the author wanted to write a strong woman who was also "girly." I see why she did this, but did not fully enjoy the execution.

I would have loved even more backstory on the house and family at High Place, but overall it was a fun read once I got past all of the set-up. The twist of the house was definitely a cool one for me.

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nahret's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I really enjoyed the atmosphere in the book. The house in question was very oppressive, and the eerie things very disconcerting, I found. I also enjoyed the whole colonialism aspect that underlies the story. The foreshadowing was well done; if one were to consider the culprit in that particular direction, it would be quite obvious from the start. I didn't, so I had my "aha!" moment.

See, the unseen horrors can usually be one of two: natural phenomena, often orchestrated by a very human villain, or supernatural entities of some sort. I think my gripe with the book is that it went in one direction when I would have preferred the other, which is obviously a me problem. I also found the solution - once we knew what we were dealing with - very obvious, but it took the characters a whole two chapters to figure it out.

The pacing was a bit odd; it durdles in the middle, when the setup could probably have been swifter, only to rush through to the end. I can say that I did find the resolution very satisfying, especially since the characters finally did what I had been telling them to do for some 70 pages or so.

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