hannahwillmehr's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Ableism and Suicide
niamhgrace25's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault
waveszz's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.5
aniazminda's review
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
briesef's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
vgk's review
2.0
WARNING: This book includes a number of scenes of terrible animal cruelty.
The prose is beautiful but the story I found a bit too meandering. The cruelty troubled me deeply. By the end I was eager to be done with it.
The prose is beautiful but the story I found a bit too meandering. The cruelty troubled me deeply. By the end I was eager to be done with it.
rogerb's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
3.0
I'm on Peirene's list, so they notified me of this one, and the summary was enough to make me buy it.
The blurb is, I suppose, accurate, but I didn't really enjoy this although I don't contest that it is well, poetically written. It is possible that the translation is at fault but that seems unfair without better knowledge. Various tales and folk-tales from an isolated region are interweaved with Marcelino's flight from authority, but the foreground plot simply didn't grab me.
It was short, so OK. I won't be back for this genre or author.
The blurb is, I suppose, accurate, but I didn't really enjoy this although I don't contest that it is well, poetically written. It is possible that the translation is at fault but that seems unfair without better knowledge. Various tales and folk-tales from an isolated region are interweaved with Marcelino's flight from authority, but the foreground plot simply didn't grab me.
It was short, so OK. I won't be back for this genre or author.
More...