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A review by rayn0n
The House of Impossible Loves by Cristina López Barrio
5.0
repeat after me: Generational Trauma, the Novel
Seriously though, the imagery in here was absolutely gorgeous. Broke in the spine of my compendium of flower language through most od it - the food? The smells? The sea? I feel like I'll be living with a supernatural awareness of the romanticism of symbols in everyday life. I'll be looking for, haunted by, the echoes of the past just as the Lagunas were. For the way I suffered through most of the novel, I was expecting a much darker but equally complete ending. Also - this book was originally written in Spanish? This is the English translation? Heck yeah. Phenomenal.
Seriously though, the imagery in here was absolutely gorgeous. Broke in the spine of my compendium of flower language through most od it - the food? The smells? The sea? I feel like I'll be living with a supernatural awareness of the romanticism of symbols in everyday life. I'll be looking for, haunted by, the echoes of the past just as the Lagunas were. For the way I suffered through most of the novel, I was expecting a much darker but equally complete ending. Also - this book was originally written in Spanish? This is the English translation? Heck yeah. Phenomenal.