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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a long story, my friends, as you’ll have worked out for yourselves. It predates me and you; it predates even my mama or yours. It’s a story born of a centuries-old tiredness and questions that presume too much. Or have any of you ever been asked if you feel tenderly towards your superiors? If you love your boss, your supervisor, the staff manager? I cleaned their house, dusted their furniture, made sure there was a hot plate of food waiting for them in the evenings. Those things have nothing to do with love.
Really enjoyed this and really enjoyed how this meandering account of the daughter’s death plays with your expectations. From page one right up until the end you’re made to believe that the maid in question is deeply frustrated by her employers and that, through some act or omission of her own, the child ended up dying. Rather,
Quick, insightful read with great translation and a pretty compelling narrative voice.
emotional
informative
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Qué magnífico libro ha escrito Alia Trabucco. Me encantó la rabia, el tono desafiante y la dignidad de la protagonista, como una crítica social y radiografía de la descomposición Latinoamérica y la profunda desigualdad en el mundo. Me interpeló en el privilegio, me dolió mucho, me enojó, me entristecí, lloré con la Yani… qué maravillosa y necesaria experiencia. Un libro que todas deberíamos de leer, especialmente las « clases » medias y altas, a veces tan fuera de contacto con la realidad y la palabra “privilegio”.
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
told in a meandering first person with a lot of rabbit trails and foreshadowing. Not super satisfying and I’ll prob forget it. But I didn’t hate it. A little girl died. This is the story as told by the nanny to a group? of people behind glass in an interrogation room.
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Ci sono molti modi di parlare. La voce è solo il più semplice".
Avevo amato "La Sottrazione" e ritrovo qua una voce potente, politica (nel suo modo più alto) e dirompente.
Avevo amato "La Sottrazione" e ritrovo qua una voce potente, politica (nel suo modo più alto) e dirompente.