Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - Boulder

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bethanwx's review

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A poetic narrative following a solitary, insular soul.

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booksillremember's review

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adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Not for me. Very unlikeable main character/narrator, supposed to be an adult (at least her partner is turning 40) in the later parts of the book but she consistently comes of as a whiny, self-pitying teenage edgelord and female version of a 'manchild'. I guess there is some complexity to the characters, there is a tiny bit of growth, but also a missed opportunity to write a book about an adult relationship. Some of the metaphors are quite adventurous, but mostly overly dramatic and sometimes just nonsensical, trying to seem profound.

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kappafrog's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

The writing style really drew me in at first. It's very visceral. But I ended up just feeling nothing for the characters in this book. The relationship was a disaster from the beginning, and it was hard watching the MC just move passively through the world. The only bright spot was her relationship with her daughter. The way that Samsa gets biologically essentialized was kind of weird. Overall, beautiful writing but dull.

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thetokenfatboy's review

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Will have to revisit soon this work of art

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vcriveros's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Muy bien escrito y con exploraciones interesantes de las dinámicas de pareja, expectativas y deseo en contexto queer. La voz de la narradora está muy bien lograda, al decir sin tapujos “todo lo que no se debe ni pensar” cuando viene a la normatividad esperada de relaciones de pareja. Creo que sin decirlo, ofrece una reflexión muy interesante sobre el patriarcado y sus impactos en personas queer.
Lo único que me pasó, es que el libro se siente tremendamente Europeo en ciertos puntos, y desde ahí, el uso de Chile, como lugar metafóricamente alejado de todo en que se vienen a encontrar, se me hizo un poco difícil como chilenx. Pero me parece, de todas formas, que tener estas historias profundamente contextuales y estas representaciones simbólicas de lugares está bien; es más un efecto personal que me hizo demorarme un poco en poder pasar las primeras paginas.
Sin duda seguiré leyendo a Baltasar después de este tremendo libro.

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loganmedrano's review

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dark reflective fast-paced

3.75

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jayisreading's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

This was such an interesting dive into a queer woman's mind and negative feelings about children and motherhood. I feel that society still often expects women to have maternal instincts, and for the narrator to so blatantly push back against that is incredibly refreshing. In such a short book, Baltasar unravels her characters to reveal numerous flaws and vulnerabilities, as well as creating a well-crafted claustrophobic tension to reflect the feelings of the titular character (Boulder being a nickname).

I'm looking forward to reading Baltasar's other works, because Boulder scratched an itch for a good character study.

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