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Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
3.0
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Me waiting for the crazy, kinky sex: 🧍🏻

I don't exactly know what I was expecting with this book, but I was expecting more horror. This was fairly easy to read and get into and I did like some perspectives more than others (Joseph and M). After reading one book where they used zero quotations (Incidents Around the House) and here where M's chapter also uses zero quotations, I have concluded that there is a good way to go about this and it's this book.

I enjoyed exploring how grief affected these characters and the actions they took because of it. However, I wouldn't help but feel that they were too flat. I finished the book feeling like I didn't actually know them as well as I had hoped. I don't know if this is because we don't get to spend enough time with each of them or because of the time jump that happens 50% of the way through the story. I also have to say, Magos was just so annoying and made it hard to get through parts, but the other characters helped pull me through.

Anyone complaining about the "realism" of having so many queer characters in one family ... this is literally a book about a monster growing from a piece of lung like that's really what you focus on?