29 reviews for:

The night

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

3.2 AVERAGE

apousson's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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Suffered in translation. None of the wordplay comes across and instead of delightful "unreliable narrator" verve, it just made me feel muddled & tired.

marcnash21stc's review against another edition

4.0

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Video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkliJNeKnJI

baguettekelly's review against another edition

challenging dark

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I don’t feel like I can give this a star rating as I found a lot of it dense and inscrutable, but I also don’t speak Spanish and didn’t know anything about Darío Lancini before picking it up.  The interweaving of superficially unrelated stories is very impressive, and I was certainly interested the whole time, but without context it never really came together for me.  I think this book perhaps does not lend itself well to translation.

outtiegw's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

csmccluskey's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

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Couldn't get into the writing style or story.

marianitayay's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

qog's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mjkienbaum's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

t_yl_r's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Truly wish I was fluent in spanish because I think the novel would be a lot more impactful if I read the original palindromes riddled throughout the book

etrain's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No