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Mi novia preferida fue un bulldog francés / My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
2.86 AVERAGE
66 reviews for:
Mi novia preferida fue un bulldog francés / My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
2.86 AVERAGE
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
I wish it wasn't described as "a novel in fifteen stories". I thought it was a novel. It's not. It's short stories, pure and simple. If they are connected beyond having the same author and being set in Cuba, I didn't find the connection.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicide
slow-paced
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Okay, I can confidently say that I am not smart enough for this book. I truly do not understand how all the short stories connected, and often, I didn't even understand who the narrator was in a story. I could, however, appreciate the beauty of the author's writing. There were passages that made me catch my breath, for even if I didn't understand who was talking or what their deal was, I was still taken with a phrasing or understood the weight of a sentence. This all made for a wholly strange reading experience.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not sure quite what to make of this book. It was odd but in a good way. I definitely had a hard time putting it down.
This was really short. About 3 hours (audiobook) on scribd. I noticed some technical glitches but it was overall very unmemorable for me. Bleh.
agree with others that i did not understand a single one of these 15 chapters. the description of the book on the inside cover feels misleading re: connected stories, multigenerational portrait of Cuba, queerness, political, feminist, immigrant. I did not learn anything about identity or Cuba which was disappointing.