A nice campy gothic horror story. I would have honestly liked to have seen a little bit more Mexican culture in the novel, as it essentially takes place in an English home, completely secluded from the rest of the town, so it never really feels like that Mexican identity is present, even though the narrator is of that culture. I think Moreno-Garcia could have done a better job there and, to me, it would have been an altogether more interesting setting.
Reviewed on Sunday, August 14th, 2022, 12:00am.
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