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A review by nledge
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
3.5
Everything about this book is fantastic except that it kept getting in its own way. The characters are great, the plot is great, the writing is great, the ending is top notch but how it tells its story...
While the story is all connected, chapters feel like short stories told from different characters perspectives. So often one chapter will reveal something big, only for the next chapter to take 150 pages for that character to realize the same thing. At times it just left me begging the story to keep moving, especially in the first half. I didn't actually realize the importance of things until the story came together. But, despite the ending being so good I can't get past how frustrating parts of it felt.
It's frustrating because this book is incredible, and yet I often could not wait until it was over. My mind is torn in two directions on this novel and that's a weird feeling.
And also, that's that.
While the story is all connected, chapters feel like short stories told from different characters perspectives. So often one chapter will reveal something big, only for the next chapter to take 150 pages for that character to realize the same thing. At times it just left me begging the story to keep moving, especially in the first half. I didn't actually realize the importance of things until the story came together. But, despite the ending being so good I can't get past how frustrating parts of it felt.
It's frustrating because this book is incredible, and yet I often could not wait until it was over. My mind is torn in two directions on this novel and that's a weird feeling.
And also, that's that.