The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vásquez with Anne McLean (Translator)

298 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

Colombia, 2009. In the city of Bogotá Antonio Yammara reads in a magazine about the hunting down of a hippopotamus that escaped from Pablo Escobar's zoo in the Magdalena valley. The article takes him back to the mid-1990s and a time when the war b...

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Moods

reflective 73%
dark 49%
emotional 49%
sad 39%
mysterious 37%
challenging 26%
tense 26%
informative 20%
adventurous 9%
inspiring 3%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 35%
fast 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 48% | A mix: 36% | Plot: 12% | N/A: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 32% | No: 27%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 48% | No: 41% | Yes: 7% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 35% | Yes: 35% | It's complicated: 18% | N/A: 10%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 56% | It's complicated: 24% | No: 10% | N/A: 8%

Average rating

3.75

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