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siabooks343's review against another edition
5.0
Gracias a @rba_libros @rbagrupo os traigo la #reseña de un libro increíble, magnético e intrigante. Se trata de #lasluminosas de Lauren Beukes.
Tiene una trama fantástica llena de asesinatos, intrigas y grandes misterios. Está escrito a dos tiempos 1931 y 1992, desarrollándose en la misma ciudad de Chicago. Todo envuelve el misterio de las luminosas , que se trata de chicas elegidas por un determinado tipo de características las cuales son secuestradas y posteriormente asesinadas.
Un vagabundo y una luminosa que logra escapar serán el punto de partida. A medida que avance el libro veremos la evolución de los personajes así como el nexo de unión entre ambos.
Todo un misterio que engancha de principio a fin, y unos plottwist brutales harán que no quieras despegarte de este libro hasta terminarlo.
Tiene una trama fantástica llena de asesinatos, intrigas y grandes misterios. Está escrito a dos tiempos 1931 y 1992, desarrollándose en la misma ciudad de Chicago. Todo envuelve el misterio de las luminosas , que se trata de chicas elegidas por un determinado tipo de características las cuales son secuestradas y posteriormente asesinadas.
Un vagabundo y una luminosa que logra escapar serán el punto de partida. A medida que avance el libro veremos la evolución de los personajes así como el nexo de unión entre ambos.
Todo un misterio que engancha de principio a fin, y unos plottwist brutales harán que no quieras despegarte de este libro hasta terminarlo.
miarae's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I really struggled with this book and was close to DNFing. I found all the jumping through time incredibly tedious and it caused me to not really get invested in the story and characters. It was all too vague and the writing was incredibly boring at times, to the point I skimmed past a lot of descriptions. Downside of a time travel story, it involves too much describing of the scenery. I know the author wanted us to love the women in the story, but there were too many and their stories too short to get attached. The plot had a lot of potential but it just ended up a confusing mess.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
thinkspink's review against another edition
5.0
Read it ahead of the new tv show next month, and I can see why they went for this, it's really good. Looking forward to see what the tv folks do with it now. Although I found it actually less creepy than the Time Travellers Wife.
dovesfalling's review against another edition
4.0
More on this later. It was unbelievably grotesque, with exquisite writing and a plucky heroine - plus lots of LGBT references through the ages, which I appreciated!
marmoo's review against another edition
4.0
With a hardboiled tone, clever dialogue, and ambitious story structure, this crime novel was compelling from the first page. A word of warning, this book went heavy on the gendered violence front. For me, it mostly landed in a considered, making-a-point sort of way, rather than merely prurient, but people’s mileage may vary on that one.
hairyplums's review against another edition
Too much jumping about characters and dates for my liking, just one of those I struggled to get and then keep flowing.
eeds20's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Gory and violent. The descriptions are VIVID
belle590's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
trina_reads's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the rare occasions where I want to add a half star to a review, because it was pretty damn good, but it had some flaws. And spoilers ahead, so beware.
I write a thoughts post on my tumblr here: http://booksfrommyshelf.tumblr.com/post/51948661351/the-shining-girls-lauren-beukes-spoilers with spoilers. This was mostly thoughts about minority characters and how certain types of characters (women, minority racial groups, minority sexuality and gender identity groups) seem to be disposable characters. All of these sorts of characters end up dead, killed by the serial killer protagonist. I couldn't decide exactly what this meant, whether these ideals were supposed to be from the serial killer, or whether they were supposed to be targeted because of the ideals and values of the time period each victim came from. Given the premise that Harper, the serial killer, seems to have found himself in a house with all of his victims preset in a way that isn't explained, seems to lead to the conclusion that he didn't pick these victims, and so then, why the selection of minority groups? This is what has me knocking half a star off for rating.
This book was simple, but it flowed. It could have been a totally different book with the premise of the time travelling serial killer. It definitely wasn't sci-fi, and not even crime really. I enjoyed the idea, and I enjoyed the multiple point of view writing, between three main characters and other, disposable, minority characters. The ending had a sense of justice, a sense that everything was right again. It tied up nicely and quickly. The flow of the story line and the ending and how interesting it actually was make up for the minority character annoyances. If it wasn't so interesting and easy to read, it definitely would have annoyed me more.
I write a thoughts post on my tumblr here: http://booksfrommyshelf.tumblr.com/post/51948661351/the-shining-girls-lauren-beukes-spoilers with spoilers. This was mostly thoughts about minority characters and how certain types of characters (women, minority racial groups, minority sexuality and gender identity groups) seem to be disposable characters. All of these sorts of characters end up dead, killed by the serial killer protagonist. I couldn't decide exactly what this meant, whether these ideals were supposed to be from the serial killer, or whether they were supposed to be targeted because of the ideals and values of the time period each victim came from. Given the premise that Harper, the serial killer, seems to have found himself in a house with all of his victims preset in a way that isn't explained, seems to lead to the conclusion that he didn't pick these victims, and so then, why the selection of minority groups? This is what has me knocking half a star off for rating.
This book was simple, but it flowed. It could have been a totally different book with the premise of the time travelling serial killer. It definitely wasn't sci-fi, and not even crime really. I enjoyed the idea, and I enjoyed the multiple point of view writing, between three main characters and other, disposable, minority characters. The ending had a sense of justice, a sense that everything was right again. It tied up nicely and quickly. The flow of the story line and the ending and how interesting it actually was make up for the minority character annoyances. If it wasn't so interesting and easy to read, it definitely would have annoyed me more.
bpdd's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25