Reviews

The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán

grindrgrrl's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

jennaw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ro5w's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

asainspace's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

trumanrose's review

it's alright, but just not in the mood for this kind of prose

kolymaarasto's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

a_eterno's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

really enjoyed reading the original in chilean spanish, brought me back to my time there 
i think i "got" the book but i'm not sure if it was for me

kinklekota's review

3.0

It's flawed, but thematically and stylistically interesting. I believe it could be great if it was pared down a bit. It's strange to say about a 200-page book, but it's just too long.

stone_stupas's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent

pearloz's review

4.0

Great book--a weird road trip novel that sounds more fun than it is (3 childhood friends, more or less, rent a hearse to recover one of their mother's body from another country after it is lost en route from Germany to Chile). The book is serious and each of our characters are burdened by the shadow of history (while that history remains vague to the reader; we get fleeting hints in vague flashbacks), represented in the novel by a steady descent of ash falling from the sky, coating everything, everyone, clogging engines, etc. Loved this book--and I'm interested in this Ash phenomenon.