To all those who loved the book and didn’t want it to end, here is more fun for them to immerse themselves in. We have a letter from the author, some discussion questions for your bookclub and even a spotify playlist. What I loved most were the 4 dresses which you can cut out and dress Noemi.

This will be a nice add on when I am able to read the book. I have heard nothing but good things so I am excited to use this as a companion.

This is a great complement for the reading and the fact that we can print the last pages to make a real Noemí makes everything so much better.

Plus, I added the songs of the playlist because I wanna have the full experience by reading the real book.

This kit helped me to dive into the atmosphere of the Gothic story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia when I haven't yet gotten a copy of the book. This is a really nice piece of marketing, one of the most original pr-strategies I've come across. I especially loved the playlists and I'm glad I can keep those lists.

This was such a fun book club kit. It really tested what I knew about the book and definitely made me want to read it again.

Thanks to NetGalley for making this review possible.

I'm impressed with this book made by a fan of Mexican Gothic, giving characteristics of the book such as events, facts and costumes.

Also, questions to be solved by reading the whole book, like a book club.

I hadn't realised this was a bookclub kit rather than the book. Since I have read some of the book, but not for me. I fear. Reading tastes are so subjective.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Library Resources for providing me with a copy of this publication! I loved the playlist on Spotify, it was dark and gloomy! The paper dolls were also super fun to make!

There are a lot of great things about this book club kit. First, the dark and moody playlist on Spotify. Second, the paper dolls, which have a sentimental meaning in the book. It was also very nostalgic for me, having spent a lot of time playing with paper dolls as a child. Another great piece in this kit are the articles, "How Gothic Romances became Domestic Noirs" and "The Real del Monte" both written by Moreno-Garcia. If you have regular book club members ask them to read both article before you meet. Thank you NetGalley for forwarding me a copy of this kit. I was happy to provide a review.

Can't wait to use this with my book club! Thank you so much, I think this will really help us to engage with the book and author

This is unlike any books I've read. Such a beautiful horrific captivating novel. I adore Noemi. The atmosphere and the action and the snappy dialogir.

I think this is really good kit to use while reading Mexican Gothic.
I enjoy read the author's interview, I really liked.

I didn’t realize this was a book club kit and not the actual book…therefore, I cannot give a fair or honest review since I have still to read the book.

this is a very useful part for when you're about to read the book of Mexican Gothic, this is like a guide and has explanation and dresses that the character uses along the way, and explains a lot of concepts that are hard to understand when you're reading the book

This kit contains discussion questions, a curated playlist, a look into Real Del Monte, The Doyle seal, Noemí paper dolls, and a brief history of gothic novels. While I loved almost of these resources and could implement them in my classroom (particularly the discussion questions and the playlist), I found the paper dolls to be a bit juvenile. I have a hard time believing that high school students would enjoy playing with paper dolls. However, the fashion was gorgeous, and I think they would have worked better drawn out like fashion designs. While those still wouldn't appeal to a wide group of students, at least those interested in art and design would like them.

I loved this book, and found myself to think about it often in the weeks after reading it. I loved the gothic setting, the body horror is not something I come across often so it felt new to me. I have since picked up more books from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, this book got me hooked!

Can't wait to use this with my book club! Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Library Resources for a copy of this book for an honest review.

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REVIEWER Joy Hunt
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MEXICAN GOTHIC: Book Club Kit
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

INSIGHTFUL, INTELLECTUAL and FUN

The Mexican Gothic Book Club Kit provides Discussion Group Leaders a succinct and comprehensive framework for the novel--its setting; place in time/history; and genre.

This particular kit is well-planned and intellectual, yet fun. It's a perfect compliment and companion to the novel. Although brief (approximately 25-pages ePub), the Kit information is insightful and thorough—with “something special” that should appeal to every reader.

Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia provides an engaging historical background on "Little Cornwall,” the former silver-mining town in Mexico's Hidalgo Mountains settled primarily by Colonial Britains where the novel is based.

Captivated when visiting the area, Moreno-Garcia said that the curious Mexican fog-drenched mountain vistas; the mouldering English cemetery and it's elaborate monuments; and the quaint British architecture remaining throughout the town embedded visions of distressed heroines in haunted mansions in her head.

Yet, this was not England like in Gothic books of her memory. This was Mexico. Soon seeds for Mexican Gothic were fertilized and germinated. Her story had roots (or perhaps spores?...) The result is her new suspense novel, Mexican Gothic, that will compel you, like heroine, Noemi, to stay long after you thought you wanted to leave.

Furthermore, in this Book Club Kit, for the literary and intellectually curious, Author Moreno-Garcia shares an intriguing scholarly comparative analysis of Gothic literature from its inception, to its nexus, and finally to its current evolutionary revival.

Book Club and Discussion Group Leaders can also rejoice because cogent, inspired, insightful and provocative Book Club Discussion Questions are provided. These will help you focus and guide your meetings and interactive dialogues with ease.

In addition, to familiarize and immerse readers in the 1950s fashions favored by Noemi, a cut-out paper doll picture pattern of her is included.

Every doll must have a wardrobe, and Noemi's (especially hers!) is no exception. Numerous colorful 1950s period outfits for her paper doll--with detailed explanations about the fashions worn at the time--can also be found in the Mexican Gothic Book Club Kit.

The Noemi Paper Fashion Doll and Clothes are provided to encourage two-way communication and conversations at meetings by allowing Discussion Leaders to show visuals that accompany Mexican Gothic.

This colorful and whimsical addition to the Kit is a surprising and entertaining teaching tool that offers levity to a serious subject. What an original and fabulous inclusion!

The MEXICAN GOTHIC Book Club Kit by Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia is made available from Publisher Penguin Random House Library Resources, effective 11 February 2021, as an ePub Reader Copy and is appropriately 25-pages in length.

This bookclub kit is ADORABLE and will be fun to take to our next meeting. Thank you for adding it to the gallery.

I requested this thinking it was the actual book but would be great for my book club. Cant say about the book club kit as I haven't yet read the book and did not want to read the whole book club kit for fear of spoilers!