A review by sleepingsaha
The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this! I have no background in Chilean history and reading this novel has made me eager to learn more. Fernández plays with narrative and memory, rewriting events from different perspectives and points in time, in such a compelling way. She also employed the use of naming, and lack thereof, as a powerful tool. Despite there being numerous figures in the novel, I always had a clear sense of what was going on. I felt like the stylistic changes in the last two chapters, where she shifted to using short sentences on their own lines, became repetitive, but that was the only part of the book where I was less engaged. Highly recommend! 
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