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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
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I never read horror but I'm glad this was my introduction. It was disturbing tho. The storytelling and world building was incredible, if at parts rambling, but wow what a story.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
con una de las construcciones de mundo más inclementes y un escenario escabrosamente realista, esta novela es una pasada. 667 páginas que te cortan la respiración. Grande, Mariana. Muchas gracias por tremenda historia, sobretodo, gracias por Luis. 🫀
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A bewitching story told at a grueling pace. This mammoth tome holds remarkable images and compelling narrative elements — a vicious cycle of dark secrets passed down through generations — but it’s bogged down by a bewildering amount of domestic padding and circular detours. To my great disappointment, even its most haunted and thrilling moments are dulled through repetition until events bleed together. Another ritual; another argument; another hookup. So many secrets are withheld between characters but not from the reader, leaving you with all the stubbornness and none of the suspense.
I desperately want to love this more than I do. There is an evocative family saga here, something beholden to a dark force with a cruel hunger, but the structure is so lengthy and uneven that I started to resent the book after 400 pages. My satisfaction comes not from the rushed and flimsy conclusion, but from the relief that I can start something new tomorrow.
I desperately want to love this more than I do. There is an evocative family saga here, something beholden to a dark force with a cruel hunger, but the structure is so lengthy and uneven that I started to resent the book after 400 pages. My satisfaction comes not from the rushed and flimsy conclusion, but from the relief that I can start something new tomorrow.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Notre part de nuit de Mariana Enriquez est sans conteste le livre le plus terrifiant que j’ai lu de ma vie. À côté, Stephen King est inoffensif. L’univers est sombrement immersif, où magie noire et sorcellerie se mêlent, mais loin des récits fantastiques ou fantasy à la Harry Potter. Ici, on est ancré dans une réalité brutale, où des gens s’adonnent à des pratiques rituelles et des sacrifices occultes. Que l’on croie ou non, ces rituels existent bel et bien, et leur présence oppressante nous colle à la peau.
Ce qui rend l’expérience encore plus glaçante, c’est l’ancrage de ces pratiques dans les mythes ésotériques sud-américains, soigneusement documentés. Enriquez ne se contente pas de créer un monde fictif : elle puise dans des légendes et des peurs profondément enracinées, rendant l’histoire d’autant plus effrayante.
Les personnages sont complexes : à la fois attachants et détestables, entre amour et haine, entre lumière et obscurité, ce qui rend la lecture à la fois captivante et dérangeante. Et oui, j’ai réellement eu peur de dormir le soir après l’avoir refermé.
Notre part de nuit est bien plus qu’un récit horrifique, c’est une descente dans une horreur qui marque et laisse son empreinte longtemps après la dernière page.
Ce qui rend l’expérience encore plus glaçante, c’est l’ancrage de ces pratiques dans les mythes ésotériques sud-américains, soigneusement documentés. Enriquez ne se contente pas de créer un monde fictif : elle puise dans des légendes et des peurs profondément enracinées, rendant l’histoire d’autant plus effrayante.
Les personnages sont complexes : à la fois attachants et détestables, entre amour et haine, entre lumière et obscurité, ce qui rend la lecture à la fois captivante et dérangeante. Et oui, j’ai réellement eu peur de dormir le soir après l’avoir refermé.
Notre part de nuit est bien plus qu’un récit horrifique, c’est une descente dans une horreur qui marque et laisse son empreinte longtemps après la dernière page.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was too long… the first 50% was exposition and nothing really ~happened~ until halfway through the book, which in audio form means 14 hours of listening until anything happens.
I understand why there was so much set up, but also it made the book feel a little mismatched in terms of pacing. The second half of the book was muuuuch more interesting IMO and things really picked up. I guess I just expected more plot from a book about a demonic cult.
I understand why there was so much set up, but also it made the book feel a little mismatched in terms of pacing. The second half of the book was muuuuch more interesting IMO and things really picked up. I guess I just expected more plot from a book about a demonic cult.