Reservoir Bitches

Reservoir Bitches

Dahlia de la Cerda

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 5.0

A debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico. Life’s a bitch. That’s why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she’s foaming at the mouth. In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, and lie their way through their tangled circumstances. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to survive, telling their stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once social critique and black comedy, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico’s most thrilling new writers.


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    Mar 28, 2025
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    I don't think I'll ever recover from this collection. 

    We follow a handful of women living their lives in Mexico, trying to survive and make a life for themselves no matter their circumstances. One minute you're smiling and nodding because one of our girls gets revenge, next you're crying because a young girl goes missing only to be found dead and tortured. 

    I think the author did a great job bringing the femicide and treatment of women in Mexico to light. This is such an important topic that doesn't have enough discussion and awareness, so I'm happy to see this longlisted and hopefully therefore read by a bigger audience. 

    It's hard for me to pick favorite stories because I really loved all of them, but holy shit that last one will live with me forever. What a way to tie up the collection. 

    Highly recommend this one.

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