#mexicangothicbook

[sinmarbycindy]

Beating the Monday Blues by reading my new favorite book: Mexican Gothic!!! Love the cover!!! I’d like to think the main character Noemí is a Leo because she’s brave, loyal, and feisty! What do you think? She would totally rock my Leo Crescent Moon Necklace!!! Still available for any Leos out there!!!! DM if interested 🤗 ♌️ 🦁 #mexicangothic #mexicangothicbook #handmade #handmadejewelry #diyjewelry #diyearrings #diynecklace #cabochonjewelry #cabochonnecklace #cabochonearrings #skyjewelry #skynecklace #moonjewelry #moonnecklace #starjewelry #starnecklace #astrologyjewelry #astrologynecklace #zodiacjewelry #zodiacnecklace #birthstonejewelry #birthstonenecklace #birthstoneearrings #supportsmallbusinesses #latinaowned #shoplatinx #leo #leojewelry #leonecklace #peridotbirthstonejewelry (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_hI-8gHTS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lavishpink]

The Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 1. When picking out a horror story > creepy secluded mansion with dark family secrets are always right! 2. Unwanted marriages never work out.. or do they? 3. Mushrooms have so much potentials! ;) #horrornovel #horrorbook #horrorbookstagram #silviamorenogarcia #mexicangothic #mexicangothicbook #novellover #bookreview #bookofinstagram #instagrambookreview #ilovebooks #ilovehorror #ilovehorrorbooks #mushrooms https://www.instagram.com/p/COP-Un6ggSp/?igshid=9bppn5dgd4r7

[bohokudi]

Noemi Taboada, the heroine of Silvia Moreno-Garcia ’s novel, “Mexican Gothic" lives for pleasure, and in 1950s Mexico City, she can find plenty of it. She manages a whirl of cigarette smoke and cocktails, as vibrant and brittle as a butterfly, without scandalizing herself or her social class. Yet she aspires to more ; though Noemi's father dismisses her academic passions, she’s finished an undergraduate degree in anthropology. Her plans to begin graduate school are diverted by a call from an uncle. Her cousin Catalina, married to an Englishman named Virgil Doyle whose family owned a large strip mine, now lives in a country manor known as High Place that may also be her prison ; among Catalina’s melodramatic-sounding claims is that it “stinks of decay, brims with every single evil and cruel sentiment.” Noemí is sent to find out if her cousin is ill or in danger. All the gothic tropes promised in the winking title are in place : The sacrificial virgin ; the damsel in distress ; the cruel, unyielding husband ; the spooky, distant locale ; even a Mrs. Danvers - esque chatelaine named Florence, Virgil’s sister. Let’s not forget her son, seemingly spineless Francis, and the aged, rotting, domineering paterfamilias, Howard Doyle, whose sway over the household is inexplicable — at first. But Moreno-Garcia isn’t just rattling off genre signifiers. The author’s postcolonial spin on the gothic tradition evokes the usual suspects : Daphne du Maurier, Emily Bronte, Mary Shelley, even Anne Radcliffe. Like those authors, Moreno-Garcia works in a tradition in which chills and thrills tap into elemental cultural fears — runaway science, carnal passion. But to these she adds a more politically inflected horror, both ancient and timely : A racist will to power. #mexicangothic #mexicangothicbook #mexicangothiclady #mexicangothicmusic #mexicangothicmetal #bookstagram #booklover #bookmarks #bookmarks #bookstagrammer #booknerd #bookshelf #readersofinstagram #readersgonnaread #readersofig #readerscommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwgJfaJpHw/?igshid=osvurrbtjruj

[fictionalfantasytraveler]

Just finished Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Very intriguing storyline I couldn't ignore so I HAD to make a moodboard fancasting 2 actors I imagined as Noemi, the protagonist, and Virgil, the main villain! Yes, I know they're older than their respective characters' age but I couldn't think of anyone else 🤷🏽‍♀️ If you read it, did you enjoy it? I'm glad the horror is mild but the marketers should've also labelled it as sci-fi, fantasy, & erotica. Don't understand why they didn't when those genres are clearly shown throughout the plot. There's incest involved; SUCH a turn off 🤢 COMPLETELY unnecessary! What really kept the story going is Virgil and Noemi's banter: they have the same strengths and weaknesses which made their arguments and convos intriguing. I didn't expect Moreno-Garcia to have Virgil seduce Noemi when he couldn't beat her through wit, which is where mild erotica comes in, but he's definitely the second top character in this story - of course after Noemi 💁🏽‍♀️ There are trigger warnings (attempted rape, incest, sexual assault & harassment) but if she had taken out the incest I would've rated this higher #mexicangothic #mexicangothicbook #mexicangothicbookmoodboard #sliviamorenogarcia #horrornovel #horrorbook #somescifi #atouchoffantasy #disgustingbook #whyincludeincest #moodboard #moodboardaesthetics https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxktrpgoY5/?igshid=reh9ax7zns6g