The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

3.78 AVERAGE

the_schizz's review against another edition

4.25
emotional slow-paced
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dianelys02's review

4.0
adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-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
Loved the writing, at times I felt I was right there in the DR but there were too many plot holes I wished had been resolved. 
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drbreeze's review

4.25
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

cierramorg's review

3.5
dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I think Julia’s other books have set my standards SO high and this one, while gorgeous, wasn’t my fave. I wish the story had been a little more concentrated on one or two of the characters, so we had the chance to go deeper with them. 
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rainb0wreads's review against another edition

4.25
emotional slow-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
I’ve always loved a slow narrative, so even if it took me a little bit of time to get my bearings when the different narrators were introduced (I listened on audio) it was still able to allow me to absorb this connection that each character had to the concept of the flawed human experience. I definitely had a good time. And anything that odes to that of being a writer is something I will always be a sucker for. 
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80znetz's review

4.5
emotional reflective sad

kbishop24's review

4.25
hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
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madalynmetzger's review

3.75
reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Beautifully written, but slow to draw me in.

ameliavk's review

4.0
A lush novel about how some stories will ultimately tell themselves.
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dlevanas's review

4.0
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated