I’m a regular listener of the What Should I Read Next podcast by Anne Bogel. Anne does an excellent job recommending books to guests based on their preferences (3 books they love, 1 book they hate and what they’re reading now). I read The End Of The Ocean (TEOTE) by Maja Lunde recommended by her in a recent podcast episode.
TEOTE published in 2020 is Maja Lunde’s second novel, following The History of Bees published in 2015.
Note: This review contains spoilers. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a horror mystery set in the Mexico of the 1950s. Noemí, our heroine, visits her newly married cousin in her husband’s ancestral home. Noemí’s actually there to investigate the haunted Doyle house (at least her cousin thinks it’s haunted). Noemí’s investigation is a wild ride into colonialism, eugenics, incest and mold (lots and lots of mold!).
Readers of the book complained that Mexican Gothic is slow in the first half.