The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

3.78 AVERAGE

genderlessplantt's review

3.25
dark emotional hopeful slow-paced
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dlmackenzie's review

5.0
Beautifully written. A reminder that everyone has a story and often our stories are intertwined in unexpected ways.

thechristinaalicia's review

4.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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noemiesstories's review against another edition

3.5
emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
A nice read, but the starting point and ensuing ramifications could have been explored a bit further; didn't love the style but liked learning about Dominican history 
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rohini017's review

3.0
Julia Alvarez's writing always speaks to the soul. The thoughts and emotions that an immigrant, even a successful immigrant, has for the home country are beautifully captured. I fell in love with the question of what happens to untold stories - your stories, my stories, our grandmoms stories. So I loved the buildup of this novel. It is written in three sections and each section moves across timelines as different stories unfold. I raced through the first two sections and couldn't stop reading - I couldn't wrap my head around the third section though.
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eng2's review against another edition

3.5
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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momwrex's review

4.0
emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
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underwoodtaylor21's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jack_s_'s review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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: Complicated

ada_a7's review

3.5
Audiobook format. helped.