400 reviews for:

Las caras

Tove Ditlevsen

3.96 AVERAGE

matt_books's review against another edition

4.0

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Empathetic and efficient, featuring some of the most psychedelic similes you’ll ever encounter

annesofielovesliterature's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

guerki's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark 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: Yes

bbboeken's review against another edition

3.0

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Hoewel ik niet meteen fan was van het eerste deel van haar Kopenhagen-trilogie (waardoor ik niet meer aan de rest ben begonnen), was ik enorm geïntrigeerd door de blurb: "Kinderboekenschrijfster Lise Mundus krijgt al twee jaar geen woord op papier." Bovendien betrof het hier een roman, en geen memoire. Achteraf heb ik echter ontdekt dat dit boek kan beschouwd worden als een soort verlengde van die trilogie, het bevat in elk geval enorm veel autobiografische elementen (de faalangst, depressies, verslaving). _De gezichten_ is enorm bevreemdend (pluspunt), maar tegelijk wordt het ook enorm hermetisch (minpunt). Ik stelde vooral begin en einde op prijs, het verwarde middenstuk was niet meteen mijn ding.
Maar nu denk ik er toch weer aan om alsnog de twee resterende delen van de trilogie te lezen.

signem's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

oh_phelia's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lewis_fishman's review against another edition

5.0

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harrowing given the wider context of ditlevsen

doraliux's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very good. Hard to get into at first, but very good read. Surprisingly the main character losing her mind wasn't the most disturbing part of the book. Very compelling description of mental illness. Excited to read more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Sexual content, Suicide

naomivilla's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes