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The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

340 reviews

bogbrained's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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stargazerlily4's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

it was just… perfect. the same bleakness and bluntness and refusal to shy away from darkness that i loved in tender is the flesh, but with such compelling subject matter and theme, and most importantly, female voices. agustina i knew you #got it

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lifeinpoetry's review against another edition

4.25

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kat_mayerovitch's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

A creepy post apocalyptic cult and a pathologically devoted protagonist who doesn't falter in her belief until a strange woman from the ruined world outside appears.

TAKE THE CONTENT WARNINGS SERIOUSLY. This book is graphic in its depiction of torture. If you're looking for a more supernatural and less bodily form of horror, this is not the book for you.

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hazelangell's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sara277's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective sad 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: No

Me encantó el worldbuilding de este libro. Con poquitas páginas nos metemos en un mundo apocalíptico en el que las mujeres que llegan a la Casa de la Hermandad Sagrada eligen quedarse y someterse a los horrores que hay dentro, con tal de sobrevivir a lo de fuera.

La trama es interesante, con toques místicos y saltos entre presente y pasado muy bien introducidos, aunque sí que me faltó un poco más de desarrollo en algunos puntos: no se sabe casi nada sobre la Hermana Superior y Él, habría estado bien conocer un poco del origen de la Hermandad y del propósito, más allá de imponerse como déspotas y explotadores.

Tampoco sabemos qué pasaba con los bebés que nacían allí.

Tampoco se sabe del estado del mundo fuera de la Hermandad, que era muy interesante en los recuerdos de la narradora. Entiendo que la autora quiso dejar ciertas cosas a la imaginación del lector, pero me habría gustado conocer un poco más.

Los personajes están muy bien construidos, las rivalidades entre las mujeres de la Hermandad tienen un punto de humor negro que se agradece entre tanto horror. Los momentos de Lucía eran los únicos con un poco de alivio y esperanza.

En general me pareció un libro muy desesperanzador y grotesco, pero muy bien escrito y construido.

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