290 reviews for:

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Pilar Quintana

3.89 AVERAGE

anna_pardo's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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M'ha agradat moltíssim. Ha estat molt interessant veure no només una crisi matrimonial, sinó una d'existencial, a través de la mirada d'una nena. Una nena que acaba construïnt el seu món a través de pèrdues, morts, silencis, absències i abismes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol

argimiro's review against another edition

4.0

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Bien. No había leído nada de esta autora. Me ha gustado mucho el dialecto peruano.
No me encaja tanto la temática pero lo he leído muy rápido y me ha dejado buen sabor de boca. Buscaré más cosas de Pilar Quintana.

magda_isa's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

filipavgr's review against another edition

4.0

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A primeira vez a ler Pilar Quintana e ainda mais curiosa para ler o outro livro dela, A Cadela.

mirva's review against another edition

4.5

reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This story is masterfully told entirely from the perspective of a young child. The writer captures the inner voice of a child incredibly well, while the world of the adults in the narrator's life is the focus of the story. It's a short, captivating read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

mcalzatet's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

w0rmonastring's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident

nathrobe's review against another edition

2.0

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Interesante como narra desde una perspectiva ingenua la depresión, la relación con nuestros padres y nuestra imagen de ellos cuando somos niños, como personas súper poderosas qué lo son todo para nosotros pero que en realidad, están pasando por situaciones y momentos difíciles qué ellos no saben cómo gestionar porque no les enseñaron a hacerlo.

Aunque me quedó un poco flojo el final, la narración me gustó porque se siente fresca, más no me gustó el no desarrollar más allá el desenlace de la historia.

lowercase_a's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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I don’t remeber being eight, seven or six. But seeing my little sister grow up lightened a curiosity in me about this enigmatic age. Claudia spends most of the story afraid; of her potencial ugliness, of her mother’s stories, of her dad’s possible monstrosity. 

I don’t think trauma is something that comes up much in stories with child protagonists but being completly dependent on the emotional inteligence of people who (more often than not) don’t have it is, in itself, a horror movie. Claudia is not going to be given the opportunity to rebuild herself so easily or so soon, if at all. She’ll never be able to quite leave her parents’s apartment, her mother’s plants or the abyss…

independent_wombat's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes