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49 reviews

Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.25

"Life after death? Don't make me laugh." 

Mad Max: Fury Road: The Prelude to the Blockbuster Film! by George Miller

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

"We're traveling on an all-too-familiar path to failure. And in the end, what is history but a record of such failures? But maybe that very idea offers up a solution. Perhaps we should try NOT to be part of history. If we understand and change our behaviors... Maybe we can BE the future." 

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome by Joan D. Vinge

adventurous challenging fast-paced

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

3.0

“Now when men get to fighting, it happens here. And it finishes here. Two men enter. One man leaves.” 

Mad Max 2 by Terry Hayes

adventurous challenging fast-paced

3.0

“This is the end—do you hear me? The end. No one will get out of there alive!” 

Mad Max by Terry Kaye, Terry Hayes

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.0

 “I’m a fuel-injected suicide machine. I’m a rocker. I’m a roller. I’m an outa controller. I ain’t never comin’ back.” 

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

"In other words: The world was over, so why not dance? The morning would come, so why not sleep? An end was inevitable, so why not drink, eat, enjoy the moment, whatever it contained?"



I mean, I guess I understood the point of the ending and all that but it still felt very inconclusive because everything leading up to it was so vague. 

La saga de Valeria (edición pack): En los zapatos de Valeria | Valeria en el espejo | Valeria en blanco y negro | Valeria al desnudo by Elísabet Benavent

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

"Y por mucho que se empeñara en tratar de ver la vida en blanco y negro, Valeria sigue siendo la misma mujer a veces insegura, a veces demasiado firme, a veces tierna o vulnerable. Sé los defectos que tengo y, para ser sincera, dudo haber podido corregir alguno de ellos... Ahora no me cuesta tanto dejar ver a la gente a la verdadera Valeria. Al desnudo."


goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, you were bigger than the whole sky 💕 

Valeria al desnudo by Elísabet Benavent

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

"A todas nos encantaría que todo fuera como en las películas románticas o en esas novelas que siempre terminan bien. Y sí, esta termina bien, pero no todo es perfecto. Creo que eso es lo que hace que apreciemos más las cosas."



Ya es la segunda historia que leo de esta autora y, aunque me gusta su manera de escribir, no entiendo esa necesidad de escribir dos finales distintas. Este libro no lo necesitaba para nada ya que era obvio desde el principio como debía terminar, además ese final alternativo no tenía soporte previo en el relato por lo que se sintió incluso todavía más sobrante.
De todas maneras, yo elijo quedarme con mi final favorito de Valeria y Víctor 🫶🏻 

Valeria en Blanco Y Negro by Elísabet Benavent

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

"Valeria no sabe de nada en concreto, pero se le dan bien las palabras y al final ¿lo importante no es que los demás se dejen arrullar con ellas?"




Ay Valeria, Valeria, Valeria...... 

Valeria en el espejo by Elísabet Benavent

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

"Y es que las mujeres solemos infravalorarnos continuamente. Si nosotras quisiéramos y lo creyéramos, el mundo sería nuestro. ¿Podría poner el mundo bajo mis zapatos o terminaría sin verme del todo en el espejo?"



.....qué se sentira tener un grupo de amigas así? 😣