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El Salvaje by Guillermo Arriaga

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Es muy buen libro a pesar de que parezca manifiesto incel de vez en cuando.

Un aplauso para Kenojuac al ser el único interés amoroso en los libros de este men sin ojos claros ni cabello rubio, una guerrera

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The ending loool😭

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I know one of the main questions this book is trying to ask is 'What makes us human?' and it takes a real philosophical stance that is important of course.

But damn this shit is B O R I N G

Not to mention that it is creepy as FUCK. In one chapter we have the main characte describing this girl as looking like a child, and you'll never guess what happens a few pages after (it's exactly what you think).

That said. 

It's over, it's finally over.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I don't know why but it was kind of hard for me to read this. It was okay but one of the Austen's works. 

Los recuerdos del porvenir by Elena Garro

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Nada nunca podrá cambiar mi opinión sobre la literatura latinoamericana. Lo mejor que hay, de lo más creativo que se pueda encontrar. 

Elena Garro fue una gran escritora y solo podremos imaginar lo que perdimos con ella, pero gracias al cielo nos dejó esta obra espectacular, y le debemos eterna gratitud por ello.

Cada vez que leo algo tan magnífico como esto solo se me vienen a la cabeza más novelas increíbles, siempre latinas; El Murmullo de las Abejas, Cadáver Exquisito, Mandíbula, Salvar el fuego, 100 años de Soledad, y Recuerdos del porvenir se añade a esa lista de libros que vivirán en mi mente durante años.

Gracias Elena

5 Centimeters Per Second by Melissa Tanaka, Yukiko Seike, Makoto Shinkai, 清家雪子

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Please get over your high school crush I'm begging 

All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I've been wanting to read a book like this for a while. 

I like how the author managed to make every character unreliable. And that at the end you are still not sure if she did it or not. 

It has its flaws but you expect them, don't take it so seriously and you will enjoy it a lot.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 I'm sorry but it was extremely boring, and I really hoped to know way more about Hester, I don't understand why we didn't get to learn more about other than the guys she had been with.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was such a lovely book, I didn't expected to like it this much. It feels long at times but the relationship between the kids makes it worth it. Every child is so well written and so charming it's kind of hard understanding why they were so hated, but I guess that was the point.

The conflict was resolved pretty fast, actually said conflict was almost non existent, but you get so lost in the relationship between all of them that you forget there even is something you should worry about.

I wanted more of Theodore as well, he was described in a way that you can make a perfect image in your head of how he looks and how he acts, I really appreciated that. Not to mention that he was some of the last of his kind, and they never mention more about it.

In conclusion, make another book about Theodore😾

El hombre duplicado by José Saramago

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Sabía que este libro me iba a encantar. 

El profundo análisis del personaje me cautivo. El final me encantó, aunque no le entendí.

Así que creo que este es en realidad un scifi donde un hombre fue clonado varias veces y ahora está destinado a morir una y otra vez hasta que todos sus dobles mueran.