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Part three of Our Share of Night, which is the section that I finished this week, is called “The Bad Thing About Empty Houses.” Although it’s not stated directly, the bad thing about empty houses seems to be that they might actually be full of magic and human remains and one-way doors to hellish dimensions. And … Continue reading →

I must say, I don’t feel that my title for this week’s post really captures my impression of the last 200 pages or so of The Savage Detectives. It’s striking me more and more that the search for Cesárea Tinajero is only the silvery thread tying the episodes of the middle section together; and for … Continue reading →

The “King of the Rent Boys” episode was one of the few parts of Amulet that I recalled semi-clearly from my first read through, and I kept wondering when I would get to it. The section during which this encounter takes place reads like a fairytale to me. Maybe it’s because of how Auxilio describes … Continue reading →

Lips. Fingers. Arms. Eyelids. Our Share of Night remains exciting, in its own special way. When I picked the book back up this week, we had jumped from 1981 to 1983, just in time for Juan Peterson’s surgeon (also his wife’s uncle) to be consumed by the supernatural force known as the Darkness — the same … Continue reading →

I must say, it’s been nice to get a break from Juan García Madero’s narration — and from Juan García Madero in general, if I’m honest. I kept thinking that one of the characters in part two would talk about him when they talked about Ulises Lima and Arturo Belano, but nothing so far, and … Continue reading →

In Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, a grieving father and son set off on a long drive to the home of their wife and mother’s family. Except it’s a lot more complicated than that: the father, Juan, is a medium with a serious heart condition; the son, Gaspar, is beginning to be able … Continue reading →