gods of jade and shadow by silvia moreno garcia

Even Yucatán’s history is important because this entity has always seen itself as different from the rest of the country and has sought its independence from Mexico before. Casiopea and Martin are, after all, their champions. This is where all the social norms of the era come in, the position of women in the household, marriage, what is expected of them, and how they should behave, all of that I think would have enriched the antagonism between Casiopea and Martin a lot more because that antagonism eventually translates into the antagonism between Hun-Kamé and his brother.

The author did a better job at explaining her cousin Martin’s treatment of Casiopea, but the explanation still fell rather short. Explaining, for example, Casiopea’s and her mother’s position in her grandfather’s house more in depth (which was reminiscent to Cinderella, in a way) would have helped a lot for me understand Casiopea’s better, and maybe even like her but there were only hints as to why they are in such a position. I understand though that the Mexican Revolution is not the backdrop of this story, however I felt that an explanation of the social norms, the culture, and the way of living during that time in Mexico would have enriched the story a lot more. The story is set in Mexico during the 1920s, and there was a lot going on in Mexico during that time, ten years after the Mexican Revolution. I think my biggest problem with Casiopea and Hun-Kamé is that there’s no backstory to either one of them. Not for one specific thing but for everything she had longed for a long time.” The fact that she’s different than the other girls didn’t particularly make her stand out. There was just nothing about her that made me like her. Casiopea is the girl who isn’t like the other girls the one that doesn’t fit the mold. Second, I didn’t like the main character. There was something about it that I didn’t like, and I was never able to get past that for some reason. But it was not to be.įor starters, I could not click with the author’s writing style and that affected my overall enjoyment of the book as a whole. I’d heard so many good things about it, and I was excited about reading it. I wanted to love it, and that is probably why I tried so hard to like it. I went into this book thinking that I would love it.

Today I am reviewing Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews.

Gods of jade and shadow by silvia moreno garcia