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Book Review of Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic
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Helpful Score: 3


Nicely creepy gothic tale, rather short for a novel. This is set in 1950 - the descriptions of Noemi's clothes and comments about her life give us a good clue, but since the majority of the book takes place in the mansion it could have been any point in time. It is fairly slow to start. You get a little weirdness right away, but it stays at just a touch until very close to the end, and then gets rather horrifying. I would have liked a bit more concern from Noemi about Catherine in the beginning, she seemed just to accept being kept away. But then...1950's debutante from a very macho society...if you think of her that way, she shows a lot of courage. Very atmospheric, very creepy but not horrifying, not gory but some gross bits.