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Musim Prahara

Fernanda Melchor

3.97 AVERAGE

meepymorpy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kate_cunningham's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vennelin's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cowgrlfriend's review against another edition

4.5

Very disturbing read, took me a long time to get through because of how heavy it is. But the writing is visceral, you feel the anger and fear coming through each page. It’s nauseating and made me dizzy but it is reality for so many people. Made me think a lot about femicide and how much violence permeates culture, and the stories that are used to explain that truth.

gommette's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

L'histoire prend un gros tournant au milieu que je n'ai pas aimé, c'était trop violent et trop décousu de l'intrigue de base + les phrases à rallonge c'est pas trop mon truc

unearth's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Possibly the most horrifying book I’ve ever read yet I know I can’t look away. The writing is as violent as the violence that it’s trying to depict. Violence so horrid as the byproduct of a rotten system. All the possible trigger warnings are in this book so a good headspace will always be needed when it comes to reading this one

djrennie7's review against another edition

4.0

The sickening psychosexual roots of the widespread machísimo violence and depravity that plagues Melchor’s Mexico, driven home through a relentless onslaught of coarseness, muck, shock. Is 100% of that shock value necessary, contributing to the wider picture? I’d argue no - much more interesting are the lengthy chapter-long character studies, microdosed revelations in overlapping non-linear time structures. The unbroken streams of consciousness were difficult to put down. So much of the instability and horror is built on male insecurity, fear, prejudice and ignorance, an elemental maelstrom that leaves no-one victim-less

symbioted's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ow. One of the first stream of consciousness novels I've ever been able to finish, and very well done in the sense that you feel as uncomfortable as the characters in the book trying to keep up with it. Very well done but woof, a tough read. Made me feel sick a few times just because of how awful some of it was. Definitely tells a story.

Content Warnings

ddeblieck_13's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense

I think this is a great book but it is exhausting to read. The lack of paragraphs and the run-on sentences create a frenetic reading environment. Not exactly a happy read either.

andyortiz13's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

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