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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
dark
emotional
reflective
There's something so luxurious about reading a long book that takes its sweet, sweet time to weave the story together, but that is so beautifully written, with such clear observations, that it's worth every page.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved the magical realism and intensely specific descriptions of medical circumstances, art, and left-hand magick
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
dark
emotional
funny
relaxing
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
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I tried so hard to like this. Some of it was SO COOL but then there’s huge breaks where nothing happens and I just can’t.
dark
reflective
slow-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
I think about this book pretty often. Not the supernatural horror but the juxtaposition of living in a country during political uprising and changes. What the uncertainty and sense of off balance our characters have to live through while navigating horrors beyond comprehension in a supernatural and completely 'natural' setting.
I think a lot about how the characters have to live a normal life, celebrate births, new relationships, mourn the ending of other relationships and generally try to just LIVE while also protesting and seeing society crumble.
I think a lot about how the characters have to live a normal life, celebrate births, new relationships, mourn the ending of other relationships and generally try to just LIVE while also protesting and seeing society crumble.
This book is often touted as a future classic and one of the finest modern examples of "literary" (as much as I hate the term) horror - and after reading it I have to agree. This book exceeding its more-than modest hype.
The story follows (for the most part) Juan and Gaspar, a father and son hunted and shackled by their family, who happen to be members of a cult that worships an evil entity known only as the Darkness. We also see the perspective of Roasario, Gaspar's mother, during the 70s in London. The non-linear structure and geographical hopping around never feels abrupt or unwarranted, rather it feels like a rich tapestry. The characters are complex, and incurably flawed - I rooted for them, I cared for them, even when they were bastards (with one exception, who was a phenomenal but irredeemable villain - won't name them).
While the story is intimate and personal, the themes are big and the scope is epic - Enriquez touches on a lot of big things without ever making us feel the story is bloated by them, or like the these get in the way. She covers: family, trauma, love, activism, oppression, Argentine politics and the oppression of indigenous peopls, queer culture, AIDs, 70s counterculture, and many others that slip my mind.
One particular side chapter (of which there are only seven), told from the perspective of a journalist, was a powerful meditation on the generational trauma and the sense of loss for those missing - those who were "disappeared" during the Argentine dictatorship. In a sense, the story of "Our Share of Night" is also the story of Argentina, and the horrors that many endured during the dictatorship.
One of the best books I've read this year.
The story follows (for the most part) Juan and Gaspar, a father and son hunted and shackled by their family, who happen to be members of a cult that worships an evil entity known only as the Darkness. We also see the perspective of Roasario, Gaspar's mother, during the 70s in London. The non-linear structure and geographical hopping around never feels abrupt or unwarranted, rather it feels like a rich tapestry. The characters are complex, and incurably flawed - I rooted for them, I cared for them, even when they were bastards (with one exception, who was a phenomenal but irredeemable villain - won't name them).
While the story is intimate and personal, the themes are big and the scope is epic - Enriquez touches on a lot of big things without ever making us feel the story is bloated by them, or like the these get in the way. She covers: family, trauma, love, activism, oppression, Argentine politics and the oppression of indigenous peopls, queer culture, AIDs, 70s counterculture, and many others that slip my mind.
One particular side chapter (of which there are only seven), told from the perspective of a journalist, was a powerful meditation on the generational trauma and the sense of loss for those missing - those who were "disappeared" during the Argentine dictatorship. In a sense, the story of "Our Share of Night" is also the story of Argentina, and the horrors that many endured during the dictatorship.
One of the best books I've read this year.