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Silk

Alessandro Baricco

3.69 AVERAGE


Re-read it after a few years, just as good.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Es un cuento histórico muy cortito pero que llena el alma, es una historia de amor, seda, viajes donde en pocas páginas de adentras en un mundo antiguo donde pasar de un país a otro era mucho más difícil e incluso la gente un poco más hostil.
Me agrada mucho como está escrito, es casi como si cada capítulo fuera un poema.
emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One of my favourite books to gift, really easy to read for anyone with that twist at the end that makes my guts feel like rocks.
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

interesting style of writing, short (1 page or less) chapters and use of repetition that highlighted the strenuousness of the main character’s obsessive returns to the woman he covets. good sense of atmosphere and the author developed interesting characters with very few words of dialogue. specifically, Baldabiou’s quirky habits (pernod with two fingers of water, only playing billiards against himself, not being one for “serious talks”) made him feel real and developed despite the shortness of this novel. however, was uncomfortably pedophilic-leaning at times with the MC’s description of the woman as having “the face of a young girl”. i see why people think he is a good writer, but this  took me out of it. 
emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-paced
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional reflective