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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Trata las miserias familiares, desigualdad de clases y secuelas de la guerra civil a traves de las entrañas de la casa. Terror y realismo mágico.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed the setting and the haunted house in this story, but not so much the execution. I am not usually bothered with lack of punctuation/directional dialogue but found it extremely distracting in this book. Especially when the POV would switch from grandmother to granddaughter quit often. I believe this technique could be intentional to demonstrate the cyclical abuse this family has suffered but it left me flipping back and forth trying to pick up who's storyline we were currently following. Would have loved to explore why this house is haunted and why a little more.
L’écriture est superbe, le propos frappant, et je n’avais qu’une hâte c’est de *sortir de cette putain de maison (mais en même temps, d’y laisser trainer encore un oeil)*.
C’est vicéral (« carcoma » donc) mais ça n’oublie pas d’être subtil, et de montrer comment les personnages se refaçonnent au fil des confessions et des différences de points de vue.
Ma seule (petite) réserve c’est que comme toutes les pages tabassent la gueule, la fin n’arrive pas à monter d’un cran (j’ai l’impression que ça essayait de le faire, de finir avec une image marquante). Mais c’est pas grave et c’est infime par rapport au reste.
C’est vicéral (« carcoma » donc) mais ça n’oublie pas d’être subtil, et de montrer comment les personnages se refaçonnent au fil des confessions et des différences de points de vue.
Ma seule (petite) réserve c’est que comme toutes les pages tabassent la gueule, la fin n’arrive pas à monter d’un cran (j’ai l’impression que ça essayait de le faire, de finir avec une image marquante). Mais c’est pas grave et c’est infime par rapport au reste.
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The amount of time I mistakenly referred to it as wormwood had my girlfriend correcting me from left and right and behind the wall.
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
One of the sharpest gothic novellas I’ve read recently. A house story, but also a body story, a generational curse, and a political allegory. Brutal in its brevity.
(could’ve been 5 if it dug just a little deeper into the granddaughter’s future, but maybe that ambiguity is the point).
(could’ve been 5 if it dug just a little deeper into the granddaughter’s future, but maybe that ambiguity is the point).