A review by k_reads_too_many_spooky_books
Abyss by Pilar Quintana

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I read this in a day. It was engrossing but not pleasurable. However, there's an honesty--an intimacy--to what's been constructed. The childlike perspective puts an interesting twist on an otherwise mundane story. Atmospheric and vulnerable, you feel the temperature shift with anxiety. Like Claudia, you're always waiting for the other shoe to drop. An unsatisfying and yet perfect ending. 

This is what literary fiction should be.