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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

20 reviews

writingcaia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Still, not sure about the rating, the ending was kind of anticlimactic and I expected a nicer bow tying it all.
Review to come!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Excrement, and Cannibalism

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

This one had some good moments or scenes where the hairs on the back of my neck were triggered, but ultimately, it was too sprawling in PoVs and timelines for me to really sink into it. The book felt more like it covered these lives in breadth but not depth and that's never my preference. I did like how there were historical events and people interwoven in the book, that was well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident

balamaqab's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Murder

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Sexism, Blood, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

CSA does not occur on page but happens to a side character. On top of at least one anti-indigenous slur, this book also contains ableist slurs and a LOT of homophobic slurs. Part of the book takes place during the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the book spends some time showing it.

confusedwhale's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Pregnancy

yuyine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

Notre part de nuit est un roman horrifique particulièrement oppressant et dérangeant qui nous plonge au cœur d’atrocités où les monstres sont bien humains mais où le fantastique s’invite comme une ombre supplémentaire. Vaste fresque historique et sociale par sa densité et son alternance d’époques et de points de vue, c’est un roman riche. Malheureusement, de vastes longueurs et une intrigue qui manque de rythme auront eu raison de mon plaisir de lecture et me laissent sur un sentiment en demi-teinte. C’est un bon roman, mais je ne rejoins pas les éloges dithyrambiques à son sujet.

Critique complète sur yuyine.be!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, and Classism

laindarko2's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Abandonment

turnthepage13's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm crying, I crashed through this book. The enormity of this book and the weight of it, feels like a slow beating pulse or a drum that marches and crashes. I'm still in book hangover mode and can't properly digest how I feel about it. I loved it. It was stretches of fascinating story punctuated by short bursts of violence that weren't nearly as descriptive as everything else, but felt more powerful for it. I'll update later as it marinates but 700 pages has never felt so fast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Colonisation

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Our Share of Night is an inimitable masterpiece, a stunning work of literary horror.  Enríquez’s storytelling is breathtaking and immersive, with gritty, tightly-woven character relationships which evolve over decades.  At the novel’s center is a pagan cult like that of Argentina’s San La Muerte, which here is guided by heart-stopping nightmares and pure horror.  The book is chiefly, however, a heartbreaking story of father and son, colored by political violence, a culture of fear, and ties that bind.  I didn’t want it to end, and I want to read it again, immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Colonisation

julesandjude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A masterpiece. Mariana Enríquez knows how to write a compelling and mysterious story you won't forget too fast.
Either you love it or you hate it, there is no in between.

Review in German:
Poetischer Horrorroman

"Unser Teil der Nacht" spielt zwischen 1960 und 1997 in Argentinien und London. Das Buch wird nicht chronologisch erzählt, sondern das Leben der Charaktere wird in verschiedenen Phasen ihres Lebens während einer sehr dunklen Zeit in Argentinien beschrieben. Obwohl dieses Buch einige sehr wichtige und dunkle politische Momente in der argentinischen Geschichte erwähnt, ist dies jedoch nicht Kern des Romans.
Im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte stehen hierbei Juan und seinen Sohn Gaspar, denen man als Leser*in von klein auf bis ins Erwachsenenalter hindurch begleitet. Juan ist ein Medium, das für eine Sekte, den Orden, arbeiten muss. Der Orden betete die Dunkelheit an und hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Unsterblichkeit zu erlangen. Um sein Ziel zu erreichen, schreckt der Orden nicht vor grausamen und blutigen Ritualen zurück und geht wortwörtlich über Leichen. Gaspar soll wie Juan auch ein Medium werden, doch Juan will ihn vor den Fängen des Ordens schützen und versucht dessen Pläne zu durchkreuzen. Juan will sicherzustellen, dass Gaspar nicht dasselbe Leben als Medium des Ordens erleiden muss, wie es bei ihm der Fall war.

Kurz ein Roman über 40 Jahre argentinische Geschichte, Freundschaft, Liebe, die Dunkelheit, menschliches und übersinnliches Grauen und Geheimgesellschaften.
Ebenso enthält es einen Mix aus europäischen okkultistischen Elementen wie Riten, Salz, Blut und Pentagramme und lokalen Elementen wie der Figur von „San la Muerte“ und „Huesito“, was es zusätzlich interessant zum Lesen macht, auch wenn die Beschreibungen teils sehr grafisch und grausam sind.

Ich habe mich in die Charaktere und die Geschichte verliebt, beim Lesen hatte ich den Wunsch, das Buch würde niemals enden. Ich fieberte, ich litt und fühlte mit Juan und Gaspar, so real sind sie beschrieben. Beide Charaktere sind perfekt gezeichnet, sie sind komplex, nicht ohne Fehler und Makel und teilweise auch ziemlich brutal, aber auch voll von Liebe, wie Menschen im echten Leben eben so sind.

Wer auf der Suche nach einer wunderschön erzählten und fesselnden Geschichte mit faszinierenden Charakteren ist sowie Elementen des magischen Realismus und Horrorgeschichten nicht abgeneigt ist, dem kann ich "Unser Teil der Nacht" vom ganzen Herzen empfehlen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma