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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
The Cemetery of Untold Stories is poetic literary fiction with a touch of magic realism. A well-known and respected author decides to physically bury all her unfinished work on a plot of land inherited from her father. Alvarez writes this from multiple perspectives of the author, her housekeeper, and those whole tales are left unsaid. This made it a little hard for me to keep names and stories straight as some of them overlap, but overall I enjoyed this novel. It reminds me a bit of works like Olive Kitteredge, Winesburg, Ohio, and Spoon River Anthology.
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
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
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
I read this as part of my local bookstore's winter reading program.
reflective
relaxing
fast-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
emotional
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:
Complicated