Silver Nitrate had a pretty slow start, but once it's steady once it gets going. The atmosphere of Mexico City in the 90s was rich, and you can tell there was a ton of research done on horror films and the film-making process. At times, it almost felt infodumpy, but it didn't bother me because I found it interesting lol. There were a few moments in the writing where I found it weirdly repetitive, like the same information was revealed in back-to-back chapters, just from the other POV, which came to be a little annoying. I also had this nagging feeling that some aspects had been cut or shortened to keep the word count down, but this is more of a hunch guided by some convenient moments towards the end.

My favorite part of the story was definitely the characters. Monserrat and Tristan's friendship felt so real and natural with all the ups and downs that came with it. They were very fleshed out as individuals and I found myself really relating to Monserrat and her mindset and mannerisms. Tristan's arc of overcoming the memories that haunt him was very well done imo. They were a perfectly flawed team to overcome the horrors they accidentally unleashed.