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973 reviews for:

Naranjas amargas

Claire Fuller

3.55 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

3.5. Slow start, and too much left unanswered for my liking at the end. Interesting premise but I can't help thinking that I've read a story similar to this before. Has all the makings of a thriller or good suspense but doesn't quite make it.
slow-paced
informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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
emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book started so slow and I thought nah I’m going to need to sack this off but I’m so glad I didn’t.

I was equally horrified, mystified, entranced, angry, sad - all the feelings.

There was ALOT that took me by surprise and I’m sad it’s over.

Poor Fran, I’m angry at Peter for indulging his girlfriend and not getting her professional help, this could have ended so differently.

Also as an overweight female I felt the shame through the pages as starkly as Fran did.
dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The author sets a beautiful scene; I could picture the crumbling old English estate, could feel the sunshine and see the characters as they moved throughout the story.

The story itself? It held my interest in the beginning. The characters are well drawn and the dynamics between the three main players are tightly wound. I was drawn in and wanted to know what would happen, like any good literary mystery. But in the end? It fell totally flat.