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A review by anna_hepworth
Love & Other Poisons by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.0
This is a beautifully written collection of love, relationship, and romance stories situated in the liminal spaces between science fiction, fantasy and horror. Probably leaning closer to horror. The stories are fascinating, complex, disturbing, and ultimately I didn't quite engage with them. As a collection (and for some individual stories) the stories are quite alienating, and I don't think this is due to the cultural differences between the author and myself. More I think it is because so many of the protagonists are alienated within the story. I would love to read commentary by Moreno-Garcia on any or all of the stories, and their intent.
For me there are echoes of Like Water for Chocolate, but I suspect that this has to do with that being the most recent book by a Mexican author (other than Moreno-Garcia) that I've read, and that the echoes would be cultural and historical details I'm not familiar with.
There are any number of dark themes - including but not limited to suicide, depression, being dragooned for the losing side, horrible friends/relatives being horrible people.
For me there are echoes of Like Water for Chocolate, but I suspect that this has to do with that being the most recent book by a Mexican author (other than Moreno-Garcia) that I've read, and that the echoes would be cultural and historical details I'm not familiar with.
There are any number of dark themes - including but not limited to suicide, depression, being dragooned for the losing side, horrible friends/relatives being horrible people.