329 reviews for:

Malas

Marcela Fuentes

4.06 AVERAGE

marifer0117's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. It takes place in a small border town in Texas and follows two different women: one in the 1950s and one in the 1990s. I liked how well developed each MC was, but I finished the book still having questions about the somewhat supernatural points in the book. 

missgab721's review against another edition

4.5

emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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I did wish the supernatural element had been teased out a bit more.

kayerye's review

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

lilbil's review against another edition

3.0

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Part of my issue may be that I listened as an audiobook rather than read this book. The story is good but there were stylistic choices that I didn’t really like and affected my enjoyment of the book. Specifically the bits of Spanish sprinkled throughout. I don’t speak Spanish and there were certain times that entire sentences of dialogue were in Spanish. Occasionally I could figure it out based on context but there were several times that I just didn’t know what was being said. I don’t know if there’s translation notes in the physical book so I don’t know if physically reading it would have been more enjoyable.

lizthunder's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

torance26's review

2.0

challenging dark emotional

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jmseale's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

imsimplymaria's review

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

librarylizzie's review

DID NOT FINISH: 52%

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Didn’t finish in time for a book club meeting. I enjoyed it, but when I put it down I didn’t have the desire to pick it back up.

marc's review

4.0

dark 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: Yes