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Silver Nitrate
- Narrated by: Gisela Chípe
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about a curse that haunts a legendary lost film - and awakens one woman's hidden powers.
Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all-but-invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love with him since childhood.
Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed.
Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse...but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend...
As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies...
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- BW
- 08-10-23
Flawed but worth the read
3.5/5
This book started as a 5 star read but some choices, and one scene in particular really deflated the love I had for it. There was a lot to love in this book, old mexican cinema, Nazi Cults and some great character work, but the third act shifts in a way I really did not enjoy, it nearly climbs back to greatness but falters right at the end.
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- Elise
- 01-11-23
Interesting concept but uneven
There’s something about the author’s way of writing that comes across as a little too wordy and vague to me, but her stories and ideas are always fascinating
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- Espedair
- 11-01-24
Rich, Spooky and glorious!
A mysteries lost film! Nazis! Spooks! Cultists! It’s all here. Brought richly to life by the narrator. Like taking a warm bath and luxuriating in the story. Just don’t let it run cold!
5 stars. Would totally recommend!
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- Nicki Taylor
- 01-04-24
Very mediocre
I really wanted to like this, but it fell flat. The storyline could have been so gripping, but it wasn’t. At all. Not sure why the guy had to be a Nazi, and this wasn’t explored at all. It just seemed to be to show how much of a bag guy he was. I’m sure there are other ways to do this. Disappointing overall.
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