Reviews - The Cemetery of Untold Stories

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The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Julia Alvarez

3.78 AVERAGE

nan8223's review

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A really lovely book written by an intelligent, beautifully spoken author. There is something about this story that should touch everyone regardless of your experience in the world. Are you a child, a parent, a citizen, a student, a reader? Then you will find something in this book for you.

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garnet_reads's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

I liked the first half of the book better than the second half. It started out really interesting but then turned depressing and kind of confusing. It became hard to follow. I am sure it was done by design to parallel the cognitive decline of the characters. However it made it challenging and not in a fun way. The intertwining stories of the characters, both alive and fictional/dead, and the concept of the cemetery was very interesting. I just can’t really wrap my head around the ending.

rosy006's review

3.0

emotional slow-paced

bcryer's review

3.0

Interesting culturally.

abbadabbz's review

emotional relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

migle_l's review

2.75

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The book raises many important questions about storytelling and the role of literature but I just did not enjoy it. Maybe it is the many different perspectives and consequently a rather choppy storytelling which got in the way. I also found the ending to be rather abrupt.