Pink Fiction Club

  This book has had the honour of being the first book I have read on my new kindle after being on my TBR for a while. The summary promised a lot of the elements that I normally enjoy-historical setting, set in Mexico, gothic elements and strong female protagonists. While it did indeed have all of them, I must say I did not enjoy ‘Mexican Gothic’ whatsoever. It was just so unforgivably boring and repetitive that by the time the big reveal happened, I was already fully tapped out of the narrative and only finished so I can give an honest and complete review. ‘Mexican Gothic’ is set in 1940s Mexico and it follows the story of a young wealthy socialite Naomi who receives a weird letter from her cousin and is sent by her father to investigate and potentially bring her back. Her cousin, Catalina, is newly wed and lives in a rather isolated house in a small town. Pretty soon, Naomi starts realizing that something nefarious is happening in the house as she begins having nightmares and ha...

  This book has been on my TBR for a while and on my last journey to the city, I was finally able to find a copy in my local Waterstones. The comment by the lovely worker saying she has watched a play based on the book and that it was really good assured me that it was indeed a good choice. However, I ended up rating this book ⅗ as I did enjoy most aspects of it, especially the narrator, but a lot the elements of the novel that I was sold on were a bit disappointing to me. ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ follows the story of Christoper Boone, a 15 year old autistic boy who is trying to find who killed his neighbor’s dog Wellington. He lives with his father and a rat in a small city. He is also a narrator of this novel as the readers are introduced to what we are led to believe will be the central mystery of the story as well as the other characters around Christopher. His perspective is unique, at least for me, as I have not had the chance to read a narrative fr...