Mmmm. Gothic Horror

I finished these books during the month of May, 2021.

• Hell Divers #1 – Nicholas Sansbury Smith
• Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race – Nicole Perlroth
• The Fog – James Herbert

Well, the true horror I experienced on my reading list this month was Perlroth's book about cyberweapons. It is absolutely phenomenal how much material she has been able to gather over the years as a reporter studying the malware business, and the clarity with which she lays out the details of how things have evolved over time is shocking. I would not recommend this book for people who get anxiety about hackers. I would recommend it for people who know a thing or two about hackers.

But a real pleasure this month was Mexican Gothic. Just absolutely a wonderful gothic novel in a setting I don't read very much. This was skillfully written and gripping. Good, good fun.