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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

regans's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

2.5


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endraia's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

m_mentu's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

trishalah_'s review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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mad_maeven's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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

andthenweread's review against another edition

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2.0

this book sounded interesting and had overwhelmingly positive reviews, but i had a lot of issues with it. 
firstly, the pacing was off. the majority of the plot moved very slowly and it seemed like the writing was purposefully dense and withholding information from the reader. 
secondly, there were too many minor characters who became interchangeable and none of them were particularly compelling. even the two protagonists, gaspar and juan, had a complicated dynamic and interesting moments, but i never felt i fully understood their relationship or their motivations. 
finally, this book was just too long. i generally love long novels, but this one dragged on and i felt like much of it could have been cut. the plot payoffs in the last few sections came too late, and by around the 400-page mark i was so ready to be done. the "queer subplots and themes" described in the blurb didn't go anywhere either, and a lot of the descriptive body horror elements seemed like mere shock value. 
overall, this book was a letdown for me and i don't think i'll be reading more from this author in the future. 

noel_b's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0

This is a slow, atmospheric book about extremely fucked up family relationships. And a death cult 

Enriquez is so good at capturing the voice of different people from different places, eras, economic classes. Even the most monstrous characters feel pathetically human.

Even the most human character carry a monstrous threat

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hannahleoni's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

ghostkid36's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

katiewhiteley's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75