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The Apartment by Ana Menéndez

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jiscoo's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

4.0

utterly heartbreaking and life-affirming at the same time

abookolive's review

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Just didn't capture my attention

bookworm_rn's review against another edition

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1.0

This book is weird and not in a good way. It tells the story of different people who live in apartment 2B over the years. The stories are never long enough to care about any of them and they’re just cut off in the middle of situations. Also, is it haunted or not? There is definitely one ghost towards the end but are there others? It’s unclear and honestly annoying.

shelasher's review

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2.0

2 Stars

I am on a personal mission to read Miami based novels and authors; I feel bad saying this, but this book was so “eh” I don’t have much to say about it. The premise sounded interesting, but all the characters were flat, and I struggled to keep them all straight. Good idea in concept but lack luster execution.

tiffanie39e8e's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

readwkatie's review

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1.0

This book doesn't follow a particular character, but instead it follows an apartment, apartment 2b to be exact. This is a very quick read as the chapters are short and each chapter tells the short story of one of the many residents of apartment 2b. This is not the kind of book that I would pick up on my own, I'm not a big fan of short stories as I like to get invested as the story unfolds. Ultimately, this was not a bad book, just not my style. The Apartment is available for purchase everywhere June 27th! If you're trying to get into reading or have a bit of a shorter attention span, this is the perfect book for you as the chapters go quickly and it's easy to pick up and put down without feeling like you have to track a particular storyline.