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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Un argumento bastante original y urgente: trata de la contaminación del campo y la separación brutal entre el mismo y la ciudad. Sin embargo, la ausencia de capítulos, el subdesarrollo de los personajes y la grave falta del desarrollo necesario de muchos aspectos de la trama (y por tanto de explicación al final) deja un sabor amargo en la boca. Hay varios asuntos que quedan sin resolver. Un libro que tenía la posibilidad de llegar a ser una gran obra literaria. No lo es.
challenging
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tense
medium-paced
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Impaciencia, prisa y tensión.
La voz de los narradores de la historia me parecieron increíbles, siento que se podía contar de tantas formas y Samanta eligió la más compleja, la forma en la que manipula los tiempos y los espacios, los personajes y los diálogos son increíbles; la historia va a apareciendo desmembrada, pero esos pedazos son claros y potentes.
Me gustó! Quiero explorar más de sus historias.
La voz de los narradores de la historia me parecieron increíbles, siento que se podía contar de tantas formas y Samanta eligió la más compleja, la forma en la que manipula los tiempos y los espacios, los personajes y los diálogos son increíbles; la historia va a apareciendo desmembrada, pero esos pedazos son claros y potentes.
Me gustó! Quiero explorar más de sus historias.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Terminal illness
Minor: Body horror
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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I read this in one (aptly) feverish burst after its shocking win over George Saunders' [b:Lincoln in the Bardo|29906980|Lincoln in the Bardo|George Saunders|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492130850s/29906980.jpg|50281866] in The Morning News' Tournament of Books last week. I totally get why these were paired - both of these novels play with narrative structure in interesting ways, Saunders in a choir of hundreds of characters, Schweblin through forced first-person persepective.
Samanta Schweblin (and, for that matter, Megan McDowell as translator) does a great job of sticking us in the middle of an eerie, unsettling situation and slowly rolling out what's going on without ever letting up on the dread that hangs like summer humidity. The whole book felt like a really solid, unnerving episode of an anthology series like The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone - I kept picturing everything in darkness with occasional flashes of light, never quite knowing what was real.
Samanta Schweblin (and, for that matter, Megan McDowell as translator) does a great job of sticking us in the middle of an eerie, unsettling situation and slowly rolling out what's going on without ever letting up on the dread that hangs like summer humidity. The whole book felt like a really solid, unnerving episode of an anthology series like The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone - I kept picturing everything in darkness with occasional flashes of light, never quite knowing what was real.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced