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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
dark
sad
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm glad I read this one, it gave me an oddly comforting window into the life of my grandmother from Jaca/Salamanca in Spain, while also sounding like one of the folk stories she'd tell. People generally aren't aware of the severe class disparities in Spain from an overseas perspective, as not just a poverty thing, but also an issue of family name and hundreds if not thousands of years of family history impacting your reception, with you being treated poorly even if you come into wealth. My grandmother herself was treated as a maid by my grandfather's family due to that, and I really appreciated the insight into how women are treated in those marriages, and the difficult decisions that have to be done to try to live. Also, the highly superstitious magical blending with the old paganism and wise-women leaking into modern Catholicism or general Christian practices seamlessly. The mindset about the civil war as well, how it's almost danced around while a background hum in public consciousness, especially with the snatchings in the night and disappearances having to be almost secretly mourned and in seeking of closure.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Thank you to NetGalley for my ebook.
When reading Woodworm, something decaying starts to settle in under your skin
A short, visceral bite of a book about the violences that make up a house built upon hope and resentment - the saint and the rot - that the two intergenerational women experience during post-civil-war poverty and misogyny in Spain.
Unlike many revenge stories, Woodworm leaves a deep disatisfaction in the pit of your gut, all the while leaving you hungry for more of its spite.
When reading Woodworm, something decaying starts to settle in under your skin
A short, visceral bite of a book about the violences that make up a house built upon hope and resentment - the saint and the rot - that the two intergenerational women experience during post-civil-war poverty and misogyny in Spain.
Unlike many revenge stories, Woodworm leaves a deep disatisfaction in the pit of your gut, all the while leaving you hungry for more of its spite.
Woodworm is an abyss. It lures you to the edge with all the juicy bits of justified revenge, hate, and jealousy, and before you know it, you’re falling into the pit of all the underlying evils of provincial Madrid society as you follow four generations of women born into oppression.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.5/5. Me ha gustado, me ha gustado la perspectiva de las narradoras (tan carcomidas, tan consumidas por su propia miseria y con una historia familiar tan bien perfilada), pero hay dicisiones estilísticas (si se las puede llamar así) con las que no he estado de acuerdo y que me han dificultado disfrutar de la lectura.
Otra cosa es que me gustaría coger a las protagonistas e informarles de que los ricos no odian a los pobres, simplemente no les importamos; la mayor parte del tiempo, ni nos ven.
Spoiler
Si estoy poniendo comas mentalmente para hacer el libro, no legible, sino palatable, es que algo falla (o que yo no he entrado en ese juego)Otra cosa es que me gustaría coger a las protagonistas e informarles de que los ricos no odian a los pobres, simplemente no les importamos; la mayor parte del tiempo, ni nos ven.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Me gusta mucho como ha narrado la autora la energía que reina en un pueblo rural conquense en esa época. Sobre todo lo que se vive entre personas de una misma familia y de distintas familias. Tiene tintes de surrealismo o fantasía y al mismo tiempo de cruda realidad. Es otra forma de transmitir las emociones por las que pasan muchas personas y que son muy tétricas ya de por sí, pero el símil que nos muestra Layla hace que la atmósfera creada sea repulsiva, perturbadora…pero adictiva también.