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aus10england's review
I haven't read any of the author's previous work, so I feel I may not truly appreciate this book.
nerdmommy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
theabee's review
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Heartbreakingly written and poignantly edited to give the reader a tour of Mexico City and its inhabitants. The last chapter had me crying!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Violence, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, and Excrement
saborlitino's review against another edition
Intenté a terminar este libro ANTES de viajar a la CDMX perooooo no logré :( Pues, lo intentaré de nuevo la próxima vez
pceboll's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
3.0
A twisting literary map of the densely populated Mexico City, "Horizontal Vertigo" is a unique and enjoyable read! Villoro takes us on a tour of a city that is chaotic, beautiful, and elusive even to those who understand it the most. Villoro's personal accounts of living in Mexico City are laid out amongst essays on revolutionary history, portraits of traffic jams, and explorations of 1970 wrestler films creating the titular horizontal vertigo effect in the reader-sometimes this really worked and sometimes it didn't. This loving yet critical portrait of a "monster" held my attention for most of the time...but I got lost repeatedly on the way.