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Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5 reviews

knitwitalex's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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daniellekat's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The perfect vacation/beach read. This was fast paced and easy to follow. I love SMG’s writing and the way she dances through genres. Not my favourite of her books but a quick, captivating read nonetheless. 
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writingcaia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

As always the author takes me with her haunting writing, her noir and somewhat morbid inspiration.
It was not my favourite of hers but still a great and short read.
A story about sharks and scorpions, the desert and the ocean, little towns and big dreams, people who deceive, people who want to escape and those who are pawns.
A coming of age story with a noir thriller vibe, in Baja California under the scorching sun and the heat of wildlife.
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jhbandcats's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Fast-paced crime novel from the shape-shifting author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I’ve read one of her books about ancient Mexican gods (Gods of Jade and Shadow) and one that’s a creepy gothic novel of phantasmagoric evil (Mexican Gothic), and now this. She’s an amazing author and I want to read everything she’s written. 

This one takes place against the endless desert, sky, and sea of Baja California where multilingual Viridiana spends her time giving tours to the occasional tourist and helping out at her mother’s store. She’s hired on as the secretary for a wealthy American, his young wife, and her brother, and nothing is really as it appears. Her employer is fairly straightforward but the two younger members of the rented house are harder to read. It’s clear there’s a lot of tension in the house and then everything falls apart. 

A tense and clever story of a resourceful young woman who will do whatever it takes to escape her small town. 
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alylentz's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a real struggle for me to get into and moves slowly to start, but once I was into it I found it so engrossing... I think the setting and tone are perfect in this, and there were some twists that genuinely surprised me. 
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