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Mexican Gothic
- Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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- Fi
- 12-11-20
Did not enjoy narrator
This is likely a book I will enjoy reading but I am finding the narration style wooden, almost computer like and very off-putting it is detracting from the story so I have given up on this one.
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- J. LoVecchio
- 27-09-20
properly creepy
properly creepy and atmospheric. content warnings for coercion and sexual assault and a whole lot to do with rot and mould and fungi and abusive families. but this is fantastically well written and well worth the hype
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- missmadgedc
- 16-02-21
Enjoyable gothic treat
I think this book has been wrongly critiqued for being slow paced etc. This may be because people pick up this book expecting it to be a horror/mystery or a horror/thriller. Gothic horror tends to be more to do with romance/passion/desire and the supernatural and hence it is usually always slow burn as it takes time to establish character relationships/feelings and atmosphere of isolation. If you enjoyed Dracula, Wuthering Heights, Wakenhyrst- you will probably also enjoy this and you will understand where this book is coming from.
Also, people have also said the performance was stiff/robotic and I can't say I agree with that. I think the somber mellow tone complimented the text well enough - it's really not that bad, so don't let that put you off!
That out the way- my thoughts on this book....I enjoyed the characters, particularly the lead, and I loved how the traditional roles in gothic literature were turned on it's head...I also loved the centrality of the fungus and the way this was used in the plot (if you've read Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life, you won't think this is so far fetched!) I also really appreciated the message about colonialism- It was refreshing to have an ethnic character portrayed as high society - that does not happen very often! I got into the characters, the prose is vivid without being overly complex, and some of the cerebral imagery is certainly unique and disturbing. I certainly felt a sense of hopelessness and isolation in the final scenes and was really wondering how this was going to end...
With that being said, I do think, despite a great concept and interesting characters, the author could have gone bigger. It's actually quite a simplistic story and feels like it could have been an epic- but there wasn't enough there for us to chew at! I loved the side characters and I wished they had played a bigger, and more unique role in the plot. The characters in town were almost given nothing to do... The central love interest was also, hate to say it, a bit flat- Having a strong female lead doesn't mean make the male love interest boring!!.... I wanted him to be more Frankenstein monster figure- torn between passion and loyalty, if you know what I mean- but he just comes off as depressed to be honest.
While it's not a classic for years to come, it certainly was an enjoyable read and a nice bit of escapism with some truly disturbing moments- would definitely make a great film (perhaps Guillermo del Torro directing???) So much potential to take this to new places... So on that basis overall 4/5
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- julia david
- 31-10-20
Slow Beginning and Monotonous Narrator
The first 65% of this book weren't very engaging. I could't care for the characters and be immersed in the story. I listened to the audiobook and the way it was narrated made it all feel very lack-luster. The narrator didn't interpret the scenes accordingly, making the intense parts just... mild.
The last 35%, though, were crazy and super disturbing. I could't stop once I got to that point, even when it made me grimace and recoil.
If I could go back I'd read it physically and enjoy this story to its full effect.
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- Mika
- 12-09-20
I'm in awe.
I came with no expectations of whatsoever as I had never read anything by Moreno-Garcia and had heard mixed reviews (although more leaning towards positive), I was genuinely curious as to what this book holds within its pages, to my surprise and delight, this book pulled me into a dark, eerie world with a unique ambiance that is almost tangible.
I consumed it via audio-book, and while listening, I felt deeply engrossed and compelled towards the story. It's beautifully crafted and definitely makes me want to check the author's previous books right away!
One thing that I would like to point out is that the narrator's "English" accent sounded more German but that's me being picky.
3 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 27-03-21
Not bad, but not good eather
First if all the narration was monotonous, slightly less during the dialogue. I couldn't feel the horror, although the story held potential.
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- chloe bramwell
- 07-03-21
I couldn't get past chapter two
The English accents are so awful i had to return the book. I wish I'd been able to go on as i liked the writing. Ill buy a print copy instead.
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- Brenna Daldorph
- 02-03-21
Why hire an actress who can’t do British accents?
This was a good book but I was utterly distracted by the fact that the actor reading this book can’t do a British accent— and most of the main characters (like 4/6) are British. The accent is totally all over the place and I really couldn’t take what the characters were saying seriously! You should definitely do a re-record on this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-10-20
SOOOO good
This was 10+ hours WELL SPENT!!!
Such an engrossing story with an authentic backdrop👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Couldnt stop listening and ended up finishing it in one day!! Need i say more!
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- AM
- 27-05-21
Painfully Droning Narration of Quite a Good Novel
There is something lovely about this novel, with the trapped family and the inescapability of destiny, Mexico and the whole Gothic horror thing. The reading is just agony. Total agony. No differentiation of characters, even though there are old and young, nice and nasty, Spanish and English. But the reader goes with one, comatose, droning tone for every aspect such that, what I suspect might be good writing, is drowned in the torpor of the monotonous reading.
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- Heather Byrom
- 02-12-21
Ok story, monotone narrator
The story was super predictable and I guessed what it was at the first mention of it early on in the book. Pretty twisted family but wasn’t incredibly inspiring. The narrator said the Mexican names and words beautifully but everything else was incredibly bland.
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- Mafalda Melo
- 15-02-21
Monotonous
Monotonous reader
I could never engage on the story as the voice was so monotonous that i couldn’t get any excitement neither understood well the development of the plot. That’s sad and disappointing because the summary of the story was interesting. I have exchanged the book after 9 chapters.