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I have some questions for you

Rebecca Makkai

3.71 AVERAGE

okay_tlyn's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lipshec's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

laufenem's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 68%

I tried so hard. I just couldn't care about the premise of this book. Drug on and on until I finally just called it.

natashavhugen's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

every summer worth its salt includes a night spent finishing a book into the wee hours of the morning, usually unexpectedly - it’s 11:30 and then 2 and then 4am and you just keep reading, fighting sleep to turn the last pages. i find it’s usually not with a book that i expect to keep me up, but one where the night is quiet and i’m just not that tired and have the exact amount of focus needed to power through hundreds of pages. this year’s tribute to that hallowed tradition was this book, which i finished last night. the plot kept me reading for sure - i enjoyed the whodunit and definitely wanted to unravel the mystery, and would call this a (sometimes overly dramatized) slow burn. it was pretty heavy-handed on the trope of murdered women, but of course, that was the point. i think some of the interweaving narratives could have been culled a little (i personally found Yahav’s character was given too much screen time for what he contributed to the plot) but they all came together nicely. i was hoping that the big reveal would pack more of a punch, but it felt pretty lackluster to me. i do still have some questions for you, Rebecca Makkai. all in all, glad i read it, especially because it’s been on my TBR for years.

scott_wilson_kc's review against another edition

4.0

Exceptionally entertaining.

pil4r's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have some questions for you sigue al desarrollo de una obsesión de una adulta traumatizada por el femicidio de una compañera de escuela durante su adolescencia y la posibilidad de que la persona incorrecta haya sido condenada por ello.
Lo que parece/es vendido como una novela de suspenso, en realidad, intenta poner en discusión la justicia misógina, racista y adultocentrista con herramientas de la ficción literaria. Si bien pude disfrutar bastante de esta historia, creo que este objetivo es un poco bastante ambicioso y nunca termina por cumplirse, incluso con los múltiples giros y soliloquios de la trama.
La autora se la juega bastante con el desarrollo de muchos personajes, sus pasados adolescentes y presentes adultos, logrando principalmente lo quirky y no tanto lo complejo entre tantas idas y vueltas con la cuestión de si serán o no culpables del crimen.
La trama termina resultando una montaña rusa que fluctúa demasiado entre la llanura, lo que parece por momentos relleno e instancias sumamente atrapantes.
La puesta en tensión de los tejes y manejes de la justicia y la complicidad machista/racista me pareció de lo más atinado de la historia, sólo superado por la tematización del "darse cuenta" adulto de las violencias sufridas y completamente naturalizadas durante la adolescencia. Sin embargo, no puedo guardarme de decir que si esto último les interesa lean primero y antes que nada My Dark Vanessa, una masterclass al respecto.
Advirtiendo lo dicho y el disclaimer de que no entren buscando un thriller bien jugoso, puedo recomendar este libro siempre y cuando disfruten este tipo de críticas en lecturas largas y tramas medio enredadas.

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