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katymat18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: War, Pregnancy, Death, Violence, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Infidelity, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Classism, and Body shaming
Minor: Child death
neptunereign's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I liked the way the author inserted bits of information that foreshadowed later events but didn't give away too much until the time was right.
All in all it was hard to keep motivated to finish this book, but it's informative when it comes to the history of Chile and Catalonia.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War
davidbythebay's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The summary on the book doesn’t fully encompass what this is about. Yes, there is a romance that forms. But this reads more like a political critique that comes across more like a propaganda tool to talk up a regime that was - I’ll word this mildly because my knowledge of Chilean history is not great - troubled as a brilliant rule the populace squandered and dismantled. Also, the political discussions are rather one note and brief. It seemed like it would be better as an inquiry into the nature of government and role of politics and the people. But this didn’t happen. It was slanted, like a certain spin on history. In fact the story sits in the 1930s-1940s then have a huge chapter long jump to the 1970s. So much happened and yet it was a lot of side characters and plots that just seemed to go nowhere but end.
I think I’ll give this author another chance, but I was not impressed with this piece (one of her latest novels). Unfortunately, the story didn’t grip me too much and I have to rate this 3 stars.
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness
cookiesandchapters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Child death
claudia_bow's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Blood, Death, Infidelity, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, Sexual content, and Violence
sarah984's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Dementia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Rape, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Torture, and Xenophobia