A review by tonyhightower
From the Shadows by Juan José Millás

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

There's a branch of Magical Realism that treats a novel more like a game than a narrative story,and this fits firmly in that tradition of Calvino or Borges.

 It's clever in the way those works are clever, and the premise is original and interesting, and... I really wanted this to be more consistently innovative than it was.