Eduardo Santiago reviewed Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review of 'Velvet Was the Night' on 'Goodreads'
2022-07-26 Obama's summer reading list
paperback, 486 pages
Published Aug. 17, 2021 by Random House Large Print.
Velvet Was the Night
4 stars
(7 reviews)
m9p909 reviewed Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Review of 'Velvet Was the Night' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I really liked the historical fiction but I had a hard time relating to the characters.
Review of 'Velvet Was the Night' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A young woman has vanished. Her neighbour Maite is looking for her because she’s not willing to feed her cat forever. A possibly CIA-funded gangster, El Elvis, is looking for her too, for somewhat darker reasons.
Velvet Was the Night is a mystery novel, a slow-burn noir set in Mexico City in the 1970s. It’s funny, tragic, startling, and violent. It’s full of comics and Elvis and unrest. It’s terrifying at times, sad at other times, and full of characters you root for and against, even if you’re not really sure you’d want to meet them.
I thought it was great, and I’m looking forward to reading more from this author.
from patrickjohanneson.com/2021/09/19/review-velvet-was-the-night/
