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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This is the hardest book I've ever read to date:
• some of the stories/chapters (which is around 20 pages) are interesting, once again (like in Bone Clocks) the politics/war part in this book . . . didn't interest me
• some says that [translated] books are better in their original language, I find it really hard to digest some sentences. Some paragraphs are 2-3 pages long. Periods are really periods, it make you really stop before reading the next sentence.
• the characters, due to their same names, are sometimes confusing
• i really love the weirdness throughout the book
• as much as I wanted to give this book more than 2.5 stars, for now I can't . . . rating this book (for my first read maybe?) as 2 stars (until goodreads learned to have decimals in their ratings)
it's as brilliant as the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, which I also love-and-hate - they are great but the pacing is bad
• some of the stories/chapters (which is around 20 pages) are interesting, once again (like in Bone Clocks) the politics/war part in this book . . . didn't interest me
• some says that [translated] books are better in their original language, I find it really hard to digest some sentences. Some paragraphs are 2-3 pages long. Periods are really periods, it make you really stop before reading the next sentence.
• the characters, due to their same names, are sometimes confusing
• i really love the weirdness throughout the book
• as much as I wanted to give this book more than 2.5 stars, for now I can't . . . rating this book (for my first read maybe?) as 2 stars (until goodreads learned to have decimals in their ratings)
it's as brilliant as the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, which I also love-and-hate - they are great but the pacing is bad
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love the fantastical elements mixed with realism; I felt at first that the delicate perspective of the narrator, as sort of a grandfather storyteller, would be difficult to maintain, but the author did so wonderfully and built momentum for the resolution.
Incredibly emotionally dense and complex, but never unreachable
he tardado tantos meses en leérmelo que no puedo ponerle puntuación pero wow (en el buen y en el mal sentido) vaya experiencia. no sé si leeré algo más de garcía márquez tho
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My god. MON DIEU. calvaire.... Stu un chef d'oeuvre ou pas... On decortique le colonialisme pis on le decriss pis on le vie pis on le meurt. Mauuuutadine. Jme dis pauvre ti loup, mais en meme temps jme dis gros colons...
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes