Only just noticed that this was a nominee for Goodreads Choice awards and I can definitely see why.
However, what utterly destroyed me while reading this book was Moreno's descriptions of grief. Our protagonist addresses the novel to his deceased wife, telling her about the supernatural events happening to him and how they revolve around her passing.
“An owl flew over the cabin and swept into the tree line. I stepped aside for you to see and then remembered you were dead.”
“The world was pressed against my nose, too close to see. I had no story to follow. My favorite character was gone.”
As a reader, that last sentence there hurt so much I had to put the book down for a minute, the pure emotion in parts made it a heavy read at times.
The horror aspects of the novel were definitely out there: a mix of AI tech weirdness, and traditional Mexican folklore, and a secret terrifying third thing that I couldn't identify but sure was freaky.
Overall, the book was not exactly to my tastes but I enjoyed it enough that I would read more of Moreno's work!