Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena-Garcia

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Julia J 1
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Morena-Garcia

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I read this book awhile ago and would love to discuss it. I have such mixed feelings about this novel. I loved the premise but found I was a bit disappointed in the end. Also was not as scary as I thought it would be.

This book is set in the HORROR genre

Has anyone else read it? What were your thoughts?
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Hi Julia!

I read this book and I feel the same way. The premise of the story really intrigued me. I felt like the beginning of the story was a bit slow, but then once Noemi made it to High Place, I do feel that it picked up. I got really drawn into the story as the mystery that surrounded High Place continued to grow. But when the ending came, I felt pretty disappointed by the whole thing, although I did find the whole scene with old Doyle creepy and weird. I really didn't find the entirety of the book scary at all. Overall, I thought it was a good book, but I wish the mystery behind High Place wasn't so...simple. For a mystery, horror book, I was expecting the mystery to be a bit more.

What do you think?
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alix_nicole wrote: 20 Feb 2022, 12:27 Hi Julia!

I read this book and I feel the same way. The premise of the story really intrigued me. I felt like the beginning of the story was a bit slow, but then once Noemi made it to High Place, I do feel that it picked up. I got really drawn into the story as the mystery that surrounded High Place continued to grow. But when the ending came, I felt pretty disappointed by the whole thing, although I did find the whole scene with old Doyle creepy and weird. I really didn't find the entirety of the book scary at all. Overall, I thought it was a good book, but I wish the mystery behind High Place wasn't so...simple. For a mystery, horror book, I was expecting the mystery to be a bit more.

What do you think?
I feel the exact same way! Perhaps maybe it was the pace of the story as you said, the slow beginning and sudden (in my opinion) ending just doing do it for me. Also I couldn't really care for Noemi as a character, I would have liked more back story for her. I think the whole book just needed to focus a bit more on developing the characters so there's more investment at the end of the story. I wouldn't have minded a longer book if they dived deeper into all the characters story lines.
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