Reviews

Cantoras by Caro De Robertis

worm_book's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful, powerful and poignant, this is a book I know I'll be thinking about for a long time.

diana_salgado's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.25

abicg's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

5.0

p4skud4's review against another edition

emotional informative 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? No

3.5

joannemiro1948's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense

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

4.75

ctrlaultdelete's review against another edition

4.5

A book with a giant heart and richly drawn characters, emphasizing the hard won intimacies and spaces of marginalized queer life (and maybe an apologia for gentrification and tourism though it’s only lightly touched upon). Though the book had soaring evocations of grief, of deep connection, of fear and trauma (and was often pretty sexy), there were a few clunky moments, though as another reader noted they were often short lived. Knowing that Uruguay hasn’t been spared from global fascism made the ending of the book somewhat darker but perhaps the better for it. I did like all the complexities that the author was able to hold in writing (about sex, about marriage and commitment, home and multiple forms of intimacy, etc)

hillaryreadseverything's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

agrao10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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

3.75

marialouisea's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

anne_nowalk's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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