Signal to Noise - Rambling Readers

Paperback, 208 pages

Published Feb. 1, 2015 by Rebellion.

ISBN:: 978-1-78108-298-0

(1 review)

"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. 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, reviving 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? Is there any magic left?"--Page [4] of cover.

2 editions

Corey reviewed Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Review of 'Signal to Noise' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Much as Jonathan Lethem accomplished with his Fortress of Solitude, the fantasy elements of Signal to Noise, while important, do not drive the narrative; rather, it’s the sensitive and lovely portrayal of childhood ideals mashing up against adult reality that forms the book’s heart. Meche and her friends are realistically flawed beings driven by a combination of childish wishes and adolescent hormones, finding themselves with an avenue into the fantastic and yet unable to reconcile this newfound power with any emotional maturity. Signal to Noise is about magic, but more importantly, it’s concerned with what lies beyond magic, when the fantasy has collapsed and all we can do is pick up the pieces and go on. In other words, magic itself isn’t important; it’s how we deal with its absence that proves who we are, or what we may be.

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