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Signal to Noise - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Signal to Noise
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A literary fantasy about love, music and sorcery, set against the background of Mexico City. Mexico City, 1988: Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said “I love you” with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, has two equally unhip friends — Sebastian and Daniela — and a whole lot of vinyl records... show more
A literary fantasy about love, music and sorcery, set against the background of Mexico City.

Mexico City, 1988: Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said “I love you” with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, has two equally unhip friends — Sebastian and Daniela — and a whole lot of vinyl records to keep her company. When she discovers how to cast spells using music, the future looks brighter for the trio. With help from this newfound magic, the three friends will piece together their broken families, change their status as non-entities, and maybe even find love…

Mexico City, 2009: Two decades after abandoning the metropolis, Meche returns for her estranged father’s funeral. It’s hard enough to cope with her family, but then she runs into Sebastian, and it revives memories from her childhood she thought she buried a long time ago. What really happened back then? What precipitated the bitter falling out with her father? And, is there any magic left?
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781781082997 (1781082995)
ASIN: 1781082995
Publisher: Solaris
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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Folding Paper & Spilling Ink
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it
2.5 Signal to Noise
This really felt like two separate books to me. In one timeline you have the story of Meche's youth. There are coming of age themes, growing pains, and puppy love, all mixed together with a plot that felt like that old movie The Craft - magic becomes a stand in for power and it turns ugly. It was de...
Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it
4.0 [Book Review] Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise is an all-to-realistic piece of magical realism. It took me quite awhile to actually get to starting this book, languishing on my to-read list for over a year. So I made a deliberate choice to include it as a book club pick and read it, hence it's place as my February read. While ...
MarkAlan
MarkAlan rated it
4.5 Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
What a wonderful book! The setting is Mexico City, and the novel tells the story of Mercedes, Sebastian, and Daniela, their dysfunctional families, how music can bring magic, how magic can be misused. What I especially like about the book is the way everyday lower-middle class and working class life...
Fangs for the Fantasy
Fangs for the Fantasy rated it
4.0 Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexico City, 1988, 15 year old Merche is an awkward outcast at school along with her best friends. Her passion, what keeps her going, is music; her all consuming obsession And it is through these vinyl records that she discovers something greater – magic. And what can three outcast teens do with s...
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