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jessiespangler 's review for:
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
by Julia Alvarez
This was a beautiful novel for so many different reasons. It mostly covers storytelling—the stories we tell ourselves, the stories we present to the world, and the stories we know are true (and might be in denial about).
The characters we read about all connect in seemingly subtle ways that turn out to be bigger connections later. Their stories feel real, as so do their struggles and loneliness.
As a writer, I loved the idea of unfinished stories coming to life in different ways—are people’s stories ever really finished? And how do they change even after those people aren’t here to tell them anymore?
I loved that this novel makes you stop and think about so many things and dives into the gray areas of humanity, about how our past drives us to make choices for the future.
The characters we read about all connect in seemingly subtle ways that turn out to be bigger connections later. Their stories feel real, as so do their struggles and loneliness.
As a writer, I loved the idea of unfinished stories coming to life in different ways—are people’s stories ever really finished? And how do they change even after those people aren’t here to tell them anymore?
I loved that this novel makes you stop and think about so many things and dives into the gray areas of humanity, about how our past drives us to make choices for the future.