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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find – her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: she's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she's also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family's youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family's past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family's once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.
And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
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This was unfathomably boring for a horror book. The story itself was interesting, but the writing just did not work for me.In general, I find gothic fiction very boring and usually overwritten, and this entire book felt like an infinite loop of:“The cherries were red. They were very red. They were not the red of strawberries, but the red of blood. And they could have been sweet or sour, but they were sweet. They were the sweetest cherries that had ever existed. No one had ever eaten such sweet cherries before.”I’m sorry. It’s a me problem. But oh my god, by the time the story finally picked up (around 60%, in case you were wondering) I could not give a fuck what was happening.
Oh wow. Probably my favorite read of the year . I just love a fungi body horror tbh
Another “blind” book from the library. It’s not often I read a book and think it would have been better as a movie. This reads like a weird, indie suspense/horror movie. Which I like for movies. Not as much for books.