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> Tag: Gothic Horror

This House is Not a Home

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

December 8, 2022 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak is the way I would describe this novel, although some reviews have compared it to Rebecca, a book I have not read. Set during the years following the Mexican War of Independence, the story follows Beatriz, a young woman who has recently married into the wealthy Solórzano family after a whirlwind courtship from the heir patron of San Isidro, Rodolfo. Although she barely knows him, Beatriz agreed to marry him as a way to raise her status as a mixed […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #latinaauthors, Gothic Horror, horror, Isabel Cañas, magical realism

donttrustthe_bea's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #latinaauthors, Gothic Horror, horror, Isabel Cañas, magical realism ·
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There’s Always Room in My Life For Middle Grade Mysteries

The Bell, The Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland

The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs

June 7, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I got these books by mistake since I confused them with John Bellairs’ other middle grade gothic horror/magic series starring a boy being raised by his grandparents. I cut myself some slack for this one, especially since I also read this Johnny Dixon series as a child and the titles were familiar. I do still want to do a re-read of the Lewis Barnavelt series, so I’ll have to get my hands on those soon. My idea in getting these was to read the series from […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Brad Strickland, Gothic Horror, John Bellairs, middle grade fiction, middle grade mystery, scary story

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Children's Books, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Brad Strickland, Gothic Horror, John Bellairs, middle grade fiction, middle grade mystery, scary story ·
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An excellent book but not my cup of tea

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

May 31, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

I read Gods of Jade and Shadow and thought it was enjoyable, so I was excited to read Mexican Gothic.  I’m not sure my expectations were met. Noemi is a socialite in the upper-class of 1950s Mexico City. She goes to parties, she flirts, she wears beautiful gowns because she actually enjoys them, and she wants to go university against her family’s wishes. Noemi’s life gets upended when her father asks her to go check on her cousin Catalina who has written a strange and disturbing […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: 1950s, colonialism, eugenics, gothic, Gothic Horror, Haunted House, mexican gothic, mexico, Racism, silvia moreno-garcia

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: 1950s, colonialism, eugenics, gothic, Gothic Horror, Haunted House, mexican gothic, mexico, Racism, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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A compelling mystery, an intrepid heroine, a musty creepy mansion… and colonialism

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

May 24, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

The book opens up from the perspective of a boy out on a party with a flighty, superficial and possibly spoiled socialite.  I think this was intentional on the part of the author.  A party girl is not what we expect to be a heroine of a story, much less a horror one.  Noemi Taboada is a lovely heroine. Unusual in that she is smart and strong (as most heroines are) but also flighty, stubborn and a socialite who enjoys going to parties and flirting with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Gothic Horror, horror, mexico, Silvia Morena-Garcia, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Gothic Horror, horror, mexico, Silvia Morena-Garcia, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia ·
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if it feels too good to be true…

The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks

March 29, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

THEN IT IS! RUN! Freya, our protagonist, is a willfully clueless horror heroine. Were The Whispering House a movie, we would all be shouting at her every time she was on screen. Don’t open that door! Don’t drink that tea! Don’t go up those stairs! Don’t look behind you! Don’t move in to the crumbling manor house that is somehow connected to your sister’s suicide days after meeting the charming yet off-putting man of the house! Just…DON’T! A blurb on the cover of my ARC states […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, art, British Lit, class warfare, coastal England, Elizabeth Brooks, Gothic Horror, Haunted House, tin house, tin house galley club

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ARC, art, British Lit, class warfare, coastal England, Elizabeth Brooks, Gothic Horror, Haunted House, tin house, tin house galley club ·
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Dracula sucks…but the book doesn’t!

Dracula by Bram Stoker

October 31, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Dracula sucks but the book doesn’t. I go through phases of reading classics or otherwise tackling books with reputations of being difficult. Sometimes it’s easy to see why books are classics – they’re timeless and engrossing. A Tale of Two Cities is that way for me. So is Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. Other times the classics feel like archaeological work. The reader is excavating and extrapolating. Dracula felt like work to me, but the reader can definitely appreciate the book’s influence on future work. In particular, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: bram stoker, gothic, Gothic Horror, vampire

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: bram stoker, gothic, Gothic Horror, vampire ·
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