Mexican Gothic

I dislike the book.

The premise promises a girl who will rescue her trapped cousin from a gothic mansion, yet the story disappoints as she never does anything and nothing happens.

The book is very slow, for such a small book, it took ages for something to happen. The problem is that the girl does nothing for the majority of the book and nothing happens. Just her being confused all the time and the whole family acting suspicious and evil. For instance, they deny her seeing her cousin, that is the whole reason she is there, to save her from her husband, and they put all of this excuses and rules of why she can't just talk to her. And lots of time passes. Months after she has arrived at the mansion and we are exactly the same as on the first day she arrived. Nothing has been discovered, and the interactions are repeatedly interrupted after only two brief encounters.

There is a great deal of Lore, but the way it is presented is boring, just people telling the protagonist information or she having visions. I believe that a better way to show that information would have been from the perspective of another character. Instead of relying on the protagonist being confused and doesn't know what is happening while she sees past lives.

I also didn't like the protagonist, she's presented as super smart but she just complains and didn't even win one discussion.

Finally, up to the end is where the book starts to get interesting, and by that I mean, something starts to happen.

In conclusion, I don't recommend it