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Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener

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graywacke's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

I feel rewarded. This is a work of personal reflection, of family and cultural and historical reflection, historical uncertainties and miscellany and crimes, the colonization of Peru, of grief, of racism, and variations of unfaithfulness, with some lines perhaps designed to shock. This is on the International #Booker2024 longlist, a Peruvian author based in Spain.

srcanedo's review

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reflective medium-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

3.5

alexture's review

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I'm sorry I'm just really bored

lizlikesfrogs's review

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

nereyda's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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curatoriallyyours's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gabriela Wiener is a gem of a writer. I read her book Sexologies a while back and this one is just as unflinchingly personal and reflective. In this book she explores the complexities of her heritage as a Peruvian descendant of Charles Wiener, an Austrian-born colonial explorer responsible for plundering Peru’s pre-Columbian artefacts and writing inherently racist things about the inhabitants of the countries he visited. There is some quite explicit sexual content in this book, so if that’s not your vibe maybe avoid this one but otherwise I highly recommend it!