Review of 'The plumed serpent (Quetzalcoatl)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Tone and themes remind me of JG Ballard. Even the naming of the chapters are similar. I guess DH Lawrence must have been a great influence on him.
What's basically a weird s/m love story between the narrator and Mexico, quickly evolves into a complex multi-layered male/female new world/old world dialectic. You have to be on your toes all the time because very strange and not entirely pleasant ideas are put forward by the author in a quite convincing (and poetic) way.
Being a real Aztec nerd, the overall concept of emerging neo-aztecs was thrilling. It's also set in an interesting time in Mexican history. But apart from that and some high energy action scenes it was actually pretty boring. Beautiful and weird but boring.