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chels14's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
sunandmoune's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
melly420's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
joyheller's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? It's complicated
2.5
This book was far too morbid for me to actually enjoy. I want to think the English translation misses a lot of the meaningful writing aspects of the original.
ridanwise's review against another edition
4.0
El Huésped... reads as a recollection of feverish dreams where the end of the tales are known but the magical journey there is what ultimately justify the time invested. This is where magical realism meets horror, whee fears meet the possible.
clarat18's review against another edition
So underwhelming. Not sure if it was the fault of the author or the translators but the combination of the blunt endings with the purposeful vagueness did not work for me, it felt like it needed to wrap every story up as quickly as possible, and relies on the readers imagination to enrich the underdeveloped ideas. The more stories I read the more I lost interest, skipping around to the ones considered best only to be met with the same sort of disappointment. Each story felt immensely repetitive, with some great unknown evil looming, that you never actually find out what it is. I really don’t find it to be the great immersive psychological horror that it’s advertised as.
mxmgodin's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
ritasotero's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75