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Gótico by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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sara_starr's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I cannot believe it's taken me this long to read Silvia Moreno-Garcia! I've been missing out! I absolutely tore through this book. The atmosphere, the mystery, the lush writing style, it all clicked immediately for me and I couldn't put this story down. The characters are interesting and well developed, the story is tense and creepy, and ooooh that tonal shift partway through could have totally put me off in another author's hands but SMG pulled it off beautifully! 
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crystalsparkles's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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mood_reading_maya's review against another edition

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mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

I am not an avid horror reader. Dark romance, sure; but horror? I'm a scaredy cat. However, this straddled the line sufficiently with historical fiction (set in 1950s Mexico) that I had to read it.

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is so adept at slow build plot and character tensions and visceral and atmospheric world-building. In a way, she can perfectly convey that sense of something is not right here. I was thoroughly creeped out by this! The further I got into the book, the clearer the underlying questions became.
  • What shrouds prohibit us from seeing the truth?
  • Who gets to decide what lives are valued and remembered, disposed and forgotten?
  • How are women framed as "hysterical," "demanding," or "problematic"? And what methods are used to subjugate their perceived misbehaviors?
The use of mold, fungi, mushrooms (all forms of mycorrhizal networks) to show the interconnected nature of systems of harm as well as their pervasiveness.
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library_of_wonder's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A postcolonial gothic horror! Definitely a book you should consider looking up content warnings before reading because this is dark and disgusting, but really good.
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pointerpup's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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fozzyreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Pretty fun read, unique mystery and villian.
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forest_at_the_sea's review against another edition

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Bis zur Hälfte wirklich spannend und interessant geschrieben. Danach einfach unnötig sexualisiert und unlogisch. 
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ghostsversion's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

What a wonderful book to start the new year with. Not only did this book make me appreciate Gothic novels a tad more, the inclusion of fungi horror was something I didn’t realise I was craving for. And how gross and disgusting it was. But I do love
women killing bitches.
I also like it in a way that
there is still uncertainty on whether the gloom is really gone, leaving it to the beliefs of the reader. I personally like to think they did it, if only for my own peace of mind.
I also find it funny how I misconstrued the Doyles‘ plan before the reveal, as I thought
they were merely planning to slowly kill Catalina and have Virgil marry Noemí for whatever reason. I was kind of right I guess but still.
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nisobe's review against another edition

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2.0

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