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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

8 reviews

ianridewood's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia

befnie's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Homophobia, Blood, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Police brutality, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Car accident, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Minor: Misogyny and Cannibalism

seasonedreadings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Cancer

lautreamont's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Child death, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Car accident, Slavery, and Cannibalism

gtierk's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

It might be insane to say an already 600+ page book should have been longer, but the resolution felt a little rushed to me. Information comes slowly (you won't understand some major plot points until ~400 pages in) but, at least for me, satisfyingly. Not for the squeamish, as mutilation and child abuse are depicted extensively throughout the novel, but an interesting reflection on fate/free will and the legacy of class and violence in Argentina following the military dictatorship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident and Abandonment

Minor: Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Animal death

mariafernanda993's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this - argentinian gothic horror with magical realism and historical elements, couldn't ask for more. It felt weirdly like a book version of Hereditary. I was only a bit disappointed by the ending, though not enough to damage the overall experience. Hold my coffee, need to go read Mariana Enríquez' entire bibliography.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Colonisation, Suicide, Body horror, Terminal illness, Slavery, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Physical abuse

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gore, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Self harm, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Sexual content, Addiction, Homophobia, Police brutality, Alcohol, Child death, Mass/school shootings, and Slavery

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cannibalism, Classism, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Abortion, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Rape

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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

Our Share of Night is an inimitable masterpiece, a stunning work of literary horror.  Enríquez’s storytelling is breathtaking and immersive, with gritty, tightly-woven character relationships which evolve over decades.  At the novel’s center is a pagan cult like that of Argentina’s San La Muerte, which here is guided by heart-stopping nightmares and pure horror.  The book is chiefly, however, a heartbreaking story of father and son, colored by political violence, a culture of fear, and ties that bind.  I didn’t want it to end, and I want to read it again, immediately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Racism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Torture, War, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Cancer, Cannibalism, Vomit, Colonisation, Eating disorder, and Racial slurs