SocProf reviewed Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review of 'Velvet Was the Night' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
In the backdrop of Mexico's Dirty War of the 1970s, SMG weaves the thread of different characters, from naive, comic-book romance-obsessed legal secretary, tangled up with radical students, and right-wing militiamen... and a cat.
The book moves at a fast pace, as they all get drawn to the search for presumably damaging photos that would expose some PRI corruption. Highly entertaining within the noir genre.
The author also provided a playlist of every piece of music mentioned in the book.
Don't expect a sequel or even commonalities with Mexican Gothic, beyond Mexico. It's not that at all, different genre entirely.
In the backdrop of Mexico's Dirty War of the 1970s, SMG weaves the thread of different characters, from naive, comic-book romance-obsessed legal secretary, tangled up with radical students, and right-wing militiamen... and a cat.
The book moves at a fast pace, as they all get drawn to the search for presumably damaging photos that would expose some PRI corruption. Highly entertaining within the noir genre.
The author also provided a playlist of every piece of music mentioned in the book.
Don't expect a sequel or even commonalities with Mexican Gothic, beyond Mexico. It's not that at all, different genre entirely.