Reviews

The Madwoman of Serrano by Dina Salustio

100booksyearly's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.5

megcarpenterr's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

2.75

zelda_reads's review

4.0

A slow starter that's sometimes hard to follow the timeline of, but by the end I felt a strong bond to the characters and like id shared a real magical and personal tale

katielaine_w's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

scienceworks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

vitsa's review

3.0

I didn’t get this book and I didn’t enjoy it.

c2pizza's review

4.0

This book made it onto my reading list because it's about the only book from Cape Verde I have access to, which helps achieve my loose goal of reading a book from every country, so I didn't have much for expectations. In fact, the title builds intrigue for limitless drama and suffering, revelries that make me no better than the men of Serrano, which is bound to lead to disappointment unless the book is really, really good. Well, the book is really, really good. Not only does it deliver the juicy details of the town's inhabitants, but it weaves a handful of themes very creatively. Themes including the uncertainty and fragmentations of one's own thoughts, the pitfalls of male ego, and not at all charming simplicity of country folk (it's great to see the tropes of simple country folk being wise, kind, thoroughly good people get revealed as, oftentimes, hollow, and it's especially gratifying to see as someone who has lived in the country and knows that those tropes are nothing more than pandering to get simple people to hand over their money... but I digress).

All in all, this was better than a lot of books I've read that have tens of thousands more readers on this site (I'm the 14th person to list it as read, what a hipster accomplishment!)

paulap's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.75

I found this well written and I loved the character of Filipa. However, the book kept me at a distance at times, and I felt it took quite a while to get into the main plot.

njahira's review

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

benereads's review

challenging hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.75