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Loved the author’s note and discussion questions, all very helpful for any book club that picks Mexican Gothic. Illustrations were delightful and complemented the text excerpts, along with more context provided by the author. Overall very helpful and insightful!

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I really loved the questions for book club. I was nervous that it was going to be your typical questions but they were very different and thought provoking. I deff recommend this if you have a monthly book club.

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This is a wonderful idea to put up info about the book and its essential factors of plot, theme, idea, inspiration, etc. To help understand the structure better including the print cutouts was creative. Loved to know the author's insights related to the location, culture, and tradition that are encrypted in the novel.

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A unique idea to set up not only discussion questions, but also a playlist, back story that inspired the novel and dress up dolls to help immerse the readers in the story even further. I love when authors involve song and imagery in their writing, but to include it as part of the book club guide seems like a stroke of brilliance. A nice accompaniment to the novel.

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This is an amazing story! Talking to the writer you can see hoow she uses her knowledge of woman we treated. How they are supposed to dress
This kit has a page questions to ask to stimulate conversation. Then their is a story about who the real Deal Monte. You then can use the figurines to dress the dolls what a what they would be doing.

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Gives me an idea of an image as I read the book. Can’t wait to read it soon! I was thinking I was requesting the actual book. I need to make sure I read more carefully. Still pretty cool.

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Loved this! Such great materials to add to the reading experience. Loved the paper dolls, younger cousins will love it!

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Awesome reading guide with activities for book clubs! I absolutely recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Amazing activities and resources for basing a book club read on this book. Highly recommended. The book was highly lauded when it came out and is still an interesting read.

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Awesome activities and reading guide.

Read Mexican Gothic twice and looking forward to reading it a third time with this guide as a companion.

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Amazing resource for book clubs and groups , really enjoy how well thru is done this guide, totally worth it , love this

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I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. Great book for book groups that decide they want to start a book club or have a book club and want to read this book. I know it is extremely popular.

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Please be advised that this is NOT the full novel but the "Book Club Kit" for Mexican Gothic.

I have just finished Mexican Gothic (non ARC) and was excited to see that there was an ARC book club kit for it. As the reader community grows with the wave of TikTok, Goodreads, and Storygraph, there should be more options for those who want to engage in book clubs and need support!

The book club read along felt thorough and allowed for more immersive options, it helped make the novel itself feel current and the book club aspect less "stuffy" feeling.

My only feedback is the PDF download option came back corrupted so I would look into that before offering the PDF version elsewhere.

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Very good book club kit. I received this as through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. All of these opinions are my own.

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Very helpful in guiding you to be a more engaging and active reader.

Thank you NetGalley and publishers for this book club kit!

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The Book Kit was excellent. It had so many great resources. I loved the letter from the author. The discussion Questions where very intriguing. The playlist was great to listen to and fit the story so well. My daughter loved the paper dolls.

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I had this book club kit on hand while I was rereading Mexican Gothic and I am happy I had it! I always love getting background information and questions to guide my reading because it makes the experience more immersive. I also appreciated the addition to a Spotify playlist--I have a weird obsession with collecting playlists that are made for books. I definitely recommend this if you are reading this for a book club or if you just want a more pleasurable experience while reading Mexican Gothic!

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This is such a good resource to have before, during and after reading! I like that the author comes up with some thought provoking questions that has the reader further dissecting the story/text. This is a great resource for those participating in book clubs.

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Mexican Gothic is listed as a retelling of a classic gothic suspense novel. I haven’t read any classic gothic suspense novels so cannot comment on the original story. I went into this book not knowing anything about it expect that everyone kept talking about it.

Mexican Gothic is a creepy book that had me hooked from the beginning. As soon as Noemi arrives at the house, there is suspense and horror. I do not read a lot of horror novels but definitely would categorize this book as a mystery/horror. I enjoyed it and it wasn’t too creepy for me.

Every day in the house there is something new and creepy that Noemi discovers. From weird dreams to weird interacts with the staff. This really kept me on the edge of my seat.

I recommend Mexican Gothic to fans of dark, creepy, suspenseful books.

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I really wish I had this Book Club Kit for Mexican Gothic when I originally read it. It was really interesting to read some of the discussion questions and brought up some different perspectives then my own. I also loved the playlist - and the songs really summed up the vibe of this amazing book. Will definitely use this for my re-read.

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