La península de las casas vacías by David Uclés

4.29 AVERAGE

thealbapoems's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a beautiful, jarring, painful, wonderful book. The best book on the Spanish Civil War I’ve read by far. It follows the lives of the Ardolento family throughout the war, in a country where there’s a God and a narrator, and the war is dictated by a chess game buried in Tenerife. Uclés has a masterful control of magical realism and manages to bring the joy of fantasy into the horrors of war. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone. 

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adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Como contar la Guerra Civil española a través de las vivencias de una familia de manera magistral...