Reviews

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

mafereads_'s review against another edition

PAUSED

nicoco29's review against another edition

1.0

No me gustó el estilo de escritura que consistía en oración corta tras oración corta llena de adjetivos. Era asfixiante y no el el buen sentido, porque no parecía intencional sino más bien falto de edición. Creo qué es lo que más me detuvo de disfrutar la novela. La historia tampoco me enganchó, a medida que avanzaba me daba cuenta del potencial de las ideas, pero lo mal que estaban ejecutadas. En los mejores momentos llegaba a las 3 estrellas, pero los malos eran bastante malos, olvidable y cliché. Apenas hubo momentos de tensión, se destacaban los datos enmarañados en adjetivos, y una narrativa confusa sin pay off. Podría decir que el libro no fue para mi, pero lo cierto es que no sé para quién puede ser, no podría recomendarselo a nadie. Considero que es una lectura intrascendente que como mucho la gente va a salir pensando "meh" u"ok, estuvo bien" y la va a olvidar al mes.

ilyones_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

fran_something's review against another edition

4.0

Nella prima parte mi sono sentita confusa, un po' smarrita, proprio come Luglio, la protagonista principale, insieme a sua sorella Settembre, di questo libro. Ma dalla seconda parte in poi, al contrario, mi son sentita incredibilmente rapita, tanto che l'ho letta tutta d'un fiato. Oltre all'elemento sorpresa presente nel testo, ho apprezzato il modo in cui l'autrice tratta temi importantissimi come il trauma, il lutto e la depressione.

cbeauski's review against another edition

3.0

Large parts of it were pretty confusing, seemingly without any purpose. The big plot reveal fell flat for me.

Can’t say I’ll revisit this one, but I did enjoy the spooky vibe and it was an entertaining read.

jennybpenny's review against another edition

4.0

"The year before September had insisted--despite Sheela's protestations--on merging their birthdays and now September 5 was a day for both of them, with two cakes, double presents, ribbons wound into their hair."

book_lover707's review against another edition

I think this book was very beautifully written, but I’m just not that into literally horror or thriller and I found I wasn’t connecting to the story.
If you read the summary and think it sounds good, I would still encourage you to try it.

lamorcom's review against another edition

2.0

2.5. Not my style at all. Far too much effort put into sounding writerly and poetic. This book was brimming with pretentious, nonsensical, giggle-inducing descriptions such as ‘September’s anger was breaking out of her face, like shards of wood.’ Characters spoke like nobody (i.e. a mother who describes her depression to her two young daughters as being the colour of ‘rust and leather’).
How relatable. :-|
Not one for me!

valiavskaa's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

doe97's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0