cocogoran 's review for:

City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende

3.0

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I read this and Song of Achilles in the span of a week during a summer camp, and I have mixed feelings about both of them. The story was complex and fascinating, but it was also incredibly unrealistic. The author seemed to make it out as a realistic world with a sort of fantasy side line and it didn't make much sense to me. It was a very quick read, and took me only a few days to finish, but I felt like it wrapped up rather quickly. I also felt like there was too much action/narration and not enough dialogue.