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As It Says on the Tin . . .

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

April 19, 2022 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

OK, let’s start off with Rebecca, but then go off on The Yellow Wallpaper and now cross it with Lovecraft/Eldritch horror (sans tentacles, fortunately).  Sound like fun? Yes, it was, and especially because of the heroine.  Very much mid-century modern, wealthy Mexican socialite Noemi Taboada has grown quite bored with her social scene.  A budding interest in anthropology aside, her life seems to be one party after another, one fatuous twit after another. So when her father receives a plea for help from her cousin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Creepy House, Creepy People in House, Mid-Century Mexico, Rebecca-adjacent, silvia moreno-garcia

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Creepy House, Creepy People in House, Mid-Century Mexico, Rebecca-adjacent, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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