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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 →

I know my title is just an obvious statement, but I haven’t been able to figure out how else to describe the first part of The Savage Detectives. Juan García Madero gets adopted by a bunch of weird poets and stops going to law school. And no one who knows even really cares. And then he … Continue reading →

Hello! I’m Mason. I am currently doing my M.A. in Hispanic Studies, but before this I was a Romance Studies major here at UBC, so being in this course feels kind of like visiting home. Like several of you, I am planning to read Our Share of Night (Nuestra parte de noche) by Mariana Enríquez alongside … Continue reading →