The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

DANIELLE TRUSSONI, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling — the sleek and the bizarre, wild passions and deep hatreds — with cool equanimity ... the novel immerses readers in the rich world of 19th-century Mexico, exploring colonialism and resistance in a compulsively readable story of a woman's coming-of-age ... The visceral horror of what Carlota has endured, combined with Moreno-Garcia's pacing and drama, makes for a mesmerizing horror novel."