The Midnight Society Book Club LIVE SHOW DISCUSSION of Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova

Welcome to he Midnight Society Book Club's live discussion of the literary horror debut, Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova. And welcome to the first book club discussion of 2024!
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BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago’s lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family’s decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses―though curbed by his biological and chosen family’s communal care―threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.
A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty, Gerardo Sámano Córdova blends bold imagination and evocative prose with deep emotional rigor. Told in four acts that span the globe from Brooklyn to Berlin, Monstrilio offers, with uncanny clarity, a cathartic and precise portrait of being human.
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[@cheisey_22]

Currently reading this! Loving it!! 🖤🖤🖤

[@joeysbooked]

So upset I missed thia live show because this was one of my best of 2023. I haven't listen to any author interviews but amongst all the grief conversations, I think its so interesting at how there seems to be so many conversations on the gay experience, especially in Leena and M's parts. Not only did we see judgement on LGBTQIA+ from an outside view, but the "biting" and M in general speak so much on how gays look down on other gays and the support isn't always there. The "biting" to me directly was making a statement on fetishism and how depending on how its presented many Gays or outside parties will put people down and make them feel monstrous.

[@ReadingWryly]

Thank you for that perspective! That makes a lot of sense. ❤️🙌🏻

[@christinepeters3212]

I absolutely loved the book 5/5

[@smittenforfiction]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of my top two books I read last year. On some days it's my favourite read, honestly a tie with And Then She Fell with Alicia Elliott. I absolutely LOVED the audiobook for Monstrillio. I listened to it twice one right after the other.

[@ReadingWryly]

I haven’t heard of And Then She Fell. I’ll have to look it up!

[@smittenforfiction]

@@ReadingWryly Indigenous author, fever dream. I read it again as soon as I finished it. So good.

[@nikkiscraftandcolornook]

Replay ❤

[@greeranelson]

I saw the writing quality and literary merit in Monstrilio but really didn’t enjoy reading the book.

[@ReadingWryly]

That’s fair. ❤️🙌🏻

[@dayshvasuxo9206]

Same!