Review: Certain Dark Things

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read this book, because I was challenged to read a book by a Mexican author. This one certainly has a strong Mexican flavor, but other than that there is not much going for it. The story line is a trite young-adult story of love and sacrifice, that's boring (because "trite") and pathetic (because "young adult"). The world the story is set in is marginally interesting. It's yet another parallel world, where people discovered the existence of vampires and were forced to deal with it (though I must add, here it looks very realistic). What I really didn't like about the setting is the attempt to explain it "scientifically looking". The "science" doesn't make any sense, but apparently sounds respectable. I don't like those half-hearted attempts and think that authors should either stick to actual physical laws (like Peter Watts) or give up and stop making appearances.

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