Reviews

The Tiger Came to the Mountains by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

rellimreads's review against another edition

4.0

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia tells this moving story, from her grandmother’s perspective, of her family‘s experiences during the Mexican Revolution.

While focused on a singular incident of a 13yo girl fighting off a tiger attack, Moreno-Garcia shares many hardships and travesties of war. How regular, hardworking people are impacted. I love the flow of her writing. Powerful short story.

“I could have sworn, for one brief instant, that tiger was no great cat but a mighty god of death crouching above me.”

Narration:
I enjoyed Cynthia Farrell’s performance. It was the perfect juxtaposition of elderly woman telling the story of her teen self.

melliaa's review against another edition

3.0

“We did not know whether the world would ever return to normal. I think she feared the world had already ended.”

ktbooksit's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

oli_par's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

direton1's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.25

shauna329's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.25

arigibberish's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

honestlyholly's review

sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Too short to have an opinion

kat_brennan's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

5.0

francinagy's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5