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biggotortensen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
pibbit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
uhm_kai's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
menomica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Pero la puta madre, cómo chillan las sillas vacías. Cuando esto está lleno, con la música, ni se nota.
Joder cuánto mate había en este libro.
Yo creo que un resumen más apto para este libro que he visto sería que es la historia de dos hombres rivalizando como niños por años y luego pasan ese revalidad a sus hijos.
Creo que el único personaje macho que me gustó de este libro fue Angelito, que se quedaba a lo suyo y simplemente se enamoró de un chico un poco looser.
Todos los hombres de este libro eran algún tipo de cabezón, y creo que eso fue a propósito, como para mostrar como la ignorancia y el machismo causan tantos problemas (creo que todos los problemas que surgieron de este libro fueron a causa del ego de un hombre o múltiples).
Después de todo me ha gustado este libro, aunque a veces me costó entenderlo debido a que tuvo tantos argentinismos, y yo claramente no soy argentino
Un día pienso volver y releer este libro, que seguramente hay muchas cosas que fallé o no capté como debería
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Murder, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood
thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Homophobia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty
srm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
milojean_reads's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
dianahincureads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Selva Almada masterfully shows the catastrophic consequences toxic masculinity has on men, especially those in the making, little boys that mirror their fathers. Becoming a man through cruelty and disruption, through the brutal suppression of one’s feelings (and, consequently, one’s humanity), through heterosexuality. Being unsuccessful fitting this narrow and toxic definition leads to conflict. Marciano and Pájaro are trapped, shaped by their parents’ mistakes and environment. They pay for it with their lives.
The women in this novel are not depicted as victims. They are strong and resourceful. However, they have incorporated all sorts of survival mechanisms to avoid triggering the men in their lives (such as “unobtrusively, so as not to hurt his pride, Celina had begun to take charge of the brickworks”).
Almada’s writing is incredibly effective. Accurate in its simplicity, every word reverberates with meaning. The author constructs the portrait of a rural community with two rival families (better said, the rivalry of the two fathers). The result is a realistic LGBTQ+ Romeo and Juliet, a mixture of trauma and faith.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
mayangkinanti's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore
internationalreads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Outing, Sexual content, and Violence