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emmc's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
3.0
jonathantoews19's review against another edition
3.0
I really oughta start researching books more thoroughly before I start reading them. Apparently I picked one of (or the only, I have no idea) Gabriel Vasquez's books that focuses entirely on Europe instead of South America, like I'd hoped. But it was good either way, if not a little boring at times with its fixation on relationships between beleaguered women and the careless men who take them for granted (also "the hunt"-- for boars, not romantic partners). And because JGV is a Colombian expatriate writing about Europe from something of an outsider's perspective, you get this cool fly-on-the-wall type vibe in his stories, which reminded me somehow of the maid in "August: Osage County" (although they're dramatically different works).
stephend81d5's review against another edition
4.0
this is a set of short stories previously published in Spanish but recently translated into English and the location is mainly Belgium and france. the common theme is relationships either sorrow ,revenge, breakups, tainted love but enjoy the prose used and made me think but it isn't the lovey style romance book though
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