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Nuestra parte de noche

Mariana Enríquez

4.2 AVERAGE

mdahg's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

etfactaestlux's review against another edition

5.0

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

readinaroundtown's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

seashelly's review against another edition

3.0

[A]nd I ask the Darkness for compassion because now I hear it for the first time ever.

Compassion. And when the Darkness takes another bite and I smell its glee mixed with the scent of my blood, while I watch as it eats my hands, my shoulders, attacks my side, I remember how you told me once that the Darkness doesn’t understand, that it has no language, that it’s a savage or too-distant god. Will I be remembered as the man who found the medium and saved him more than once? Will they write about me, will my name be uttered in admiration? I must not think of my glory. Let it be secret if it must. I will stop pleading for compassion. There are no words from this world for the entrance into the Darkness, no words for the last bite.

Look, yeah, okay, it's solid. It concludes beautifully. But here's the thing: I only cared insofar as I'd care for anyone in circumstances like that. There was nothing personal about the situations. It read more like creative nonfiction than it did fiction, and that is simply not enough to get me to appreciate a work. Other times it read more like a summary of a book than a proper book.

Just because a book deals with a heavy subject, it doesn't mean that's a free pass for making something utterly boring.