Things We Lost in the Fire

La falta de finales contundentes de los cuentos de este libro intenta ser paliada con la generación de un clima que, con su tendencia al detalle y a explicarlo todo, Enriquez rara vez logra crear.

Las contextos elegidos por Enriquez para sus historias resultan, para el lector nacional, trillados y plagados de lugares comunes.

these stories were compared to shirley jackson (aka my favorite horror author), but i honestly think these were far superior

don't get me wrong: i was TERRIFIED after every story. i made the mistake of reading this over my lunch break and losing my appetite on more than one occasion (i'm a weenie eek). some of these stories are properly scary and horrifying, and enriquez does an amazing job at unsettling you in that way.

but the rich and tumultuous history of argentina and enriquez' consequent criticisms being woven with the horror aspect made everything much more real, and thus much more terrifying. i don't want to spoil anything, but there were non-gory parts that made me squirm more than the gore.

bangs fists on table I WANT MORE (but also... not during lunchtime lmao)