Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - Notre part de nuit

Notre part de nuit est un roman horrifique particulièrement oppressant et dérangeant qui nous plonge au cœur d’atrocités où les monstres sont bien humains mais où le fantastique s’invite comme une ombre supplémentaire. Vaste fresque historique et sociale par sa densité et son alternance d’époques et de points de vue, c’est un roman riche. Malheureusement, de vastes longueurs et une intrigue qui manque de rythme auront eu raison de mon plaisir de lecture et me laissent sur un sentiment en demi-teinte. C’est un bon roman, mais je ne rejoins pas les éloges dithyrambiques à son sujet.

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

For the most part… I would say that I really enjoyed this? Heavy emphasis on the question mark because I didn’t enjoy it this book as a whole, but in pieces. And for me this pieces were stand outs, are what saved this story.

There is A LOT of unnecessary backstory and tangent storylines, shifts in pacing, jumping between flashbacks and present with multiple POV snippets that, while yes, they provide some additional context to characters and parts of the main plot, they don’t really matter to the first two sections of this book (250 or so pages) and the last twenty pages.

That said, this easily could have been half the length and really impactful and effective. For a second, I thought the start of part 3 was going somewhere interesting, but by section 2 it’s clear we’re shifting gears and we’ve completely lost the main character and changed stories. While it’s cool to have some of that backstory it’s got absolutely nothing to do with how the story ends and basically parts 3-5 (making up 80% of the book) are filler content with no real purpose.

I will say there’s one part in the middle that’s relevant to the end, and even so it’s only a handful of pages. Everything else, unimportant.

The mysterious, dark, and challenging fast paced nature of the first two sections is more exciting than the ending, I was underwhelmed. If you make it to the end and can look past the middle sections, the best part about it is that the story does come together and everything that Juan had planned for Gaspar comes full circle so there is a sense of closure. Given how large this book is and how much time it takes the reader to get through, having closure by the end for both Juan and Gaspar is nice.

This is definitely not for everyone. While I can say for the most party I enjoyed it, I don’t know that I’d recommend it to anyone to read. The pacing and shift in story line reminds me of Imaginary Friend, which is really hard to get through and redundant by the end.

thank you Random House for this ARC, courtesy of Netgalley. Publication date for “Our Share of Night” is Feb 7, 2023.

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

An extremely unsettling supernatural epic set amidst the backdrop of the dictadura in Argentina.

With its evocative and imaginative writing soaked with visceral images of gore and violence, this is a very challenging and difficult read.

However, Enriquez’s masterful storytelling and characterisation make OSON a really compelling and impactful book to immerse yourself in.

I really enjoyed the multi character perspectives and the intersections between them. Definitely will reread again at a later date!

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