Season of the Swamp: A Novel by Yuri Herrera

Season of the Swamp: A Novel

Yuri Herrera with Thom Rivera (Narrator), Lisa Dillman (Translator)

3 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2022 (view editions) user-added

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A major new novel set in nineteenth-century New Orleans by the author of Signs Preceding the End of the WorldNew Orleans, 1853. A young exile named Benito Juárez disembarks at a fetid port city at the edge of a swamp. Years later, he will become t...

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Community Reviews

3.87
based on 198 reviews

Moods

reflective: 50%

adventurous: 49%

informative: 35%

challenging: 34%

funny: 23%

mysterious: 23%

dark: 18%

emotional: 18%

tense: 12%

hopeful: 8%

sad: 7%

inspiring: 6%

lighthearted: 4%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

28% of readers chose fast
59% of readers chose medium
12% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

13% of readers chose Plot
22% of readers chose A mix
60% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

39% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
28% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

59% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

95% of readers chose Yes
1% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

16% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
60% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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