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bossbg's review against another edition
sad
medium-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
4.25
palnic26's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
lucyscandalo's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
bobbo49's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
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
4.5
A challenging book to read and to review. Peru in the 1950s and 1960s, under the dictatorship of Odría Amoretti, as experienced from the perspective of a wide variety of characters telling their overlapping stories. Sometimes very confusing, as different people are talking in alternating paragraphs and given names are mixed with nicknames, but overall a very compelling and highly personalized description of the lives and struggles - political, social, personal - of a wide swath of Peruvian society.
steelydan's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
alisonjfields's review against another edition
4.0
An intermittently brilliant slog through Peruvian culture and politics in the late 40s and 50s. The back three quarters struggled to support the formal experimentalism of the first. I found myself so distracted trying to figure out why Vargas Llosa switched the style that I lost occasionally lost track of the thug and bureacrat plotline (one of the three or four interconnected narratives running throughout).
helen_secondbook's review against another edition
5.0
Vargas Llosa is a master of the craft as he seamlessly binds together a variety of storylines and combination of characters, presenting readers with a truly captivating narrative. He brings to life a world so real and intricate that makes the reader truly feel as if they are right there, walking the streets of Lima, observing first hand the political turmoils of Peru throughout the years but mostly through its people and their conversations.
angeladobre's review against another edition
4.0
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tarencil's review against another edition
5.0
A harrowing book, and a challenge to read (especially in the first third or so), but nobody does it better.