A review by mmcloe
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is the good stuff. I don't have many words because I'm so floored but it's incredible the ways that the past haunts us and the space we inhabit. Our brief kisses with power don't make it into the story but lord how they make it into our stories all the same.

Hallucinatory, delirious prose at its best. Would love to see this read alongside Amos Tutuola or Ishmael Reed.
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