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A review by okiecozyreader
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Loved the CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES. It’s about someone who builds such a cemetery in the Dominican for people to tell the stories so they do not die with people. One story takes up much of the book between sisters, the dictator, etc. I wish it had multiple narrators, but other than that, I really enjoyed it.
The audio was fantastic! Thank you libro.fm for providing audio copies to librarians.
“We both know, Alma reminded her friend, that we don't get free until we write our stories down. She quoted a passage…"If you bring forth what is inside you, what is inside you will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is inside, what is inside you will destroy you.” I
“Some stories don’t want to be told. Let them go.” 1
“It was a good feeling to experience equality literally in the flesh, not just as an abstraction.” I
“…honoring all those characters who had never had the chance to tell their stories. She wanted to bring them home to their mother tongue and land.” I
“A cemetery for untold stories. • The only way to enter is to speak into a small black box at the front gate.” II
“If a story is never told, where does it go? the woman answers with a question?” II
“That's why in certain tribes they say when an old person dies, a library is gone.” II
“The road to some people's hearts only goes in one direction.” III
“The truth is, people are capable of anything.
Don't all the stories Filomena has heard…confirm that?” III
“And if you could hear other people's stories all the time, what then? Would you understand them better? Would you forgive them?” III
The audio was fantastic! Thank you libro.fm for providing audio copies to librarians.
“We both know, Alma reminded her friend, that we don't get free until we write our stories down. She quoted a passage…"If you bring forth what is inside you, what is inside you will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is inside, what is inside you will destroy you.” I
“Some stories don’t want to be told. Let them go.” 1
“It was a good feeling to experience equality literally in the flesh, not just as an abstraction.” I
“…honoring all those characters who had never had the chance to tell their stories. She wanted to bring them home to their mother tongue and land.” I
“A cemetery for untold stories. • The only way to enter is to speak into a small black box at the front gate.” II
“If a story is never told, where does it go? the woman answers with a question?” II
“That's why in certain tribes they say when an old person dies, a library is gone.” II
“The road to some people's hearts only goes in one direction.” III
“The truth is, people are capable of anything.
Don't all the stories Filomena has heard…confirm that?” III
“And if you could hear other people's stories all the time, what then? Would you understand them better? Would you forgive them?” III