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Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda

mniiida's review against another edition

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I'm curious but not curious enough and I'm not a classics fan 

dorakathryn's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

isv90's review against another edition

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

4.25

rachaelakraft's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

j_emerson18's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It's beautiful and so well written. I'm sad it ended. At the end, I felt like the gardener was a long lost friend.

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elisabrewster's review against another edition

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

3.0

De totes les noveles de la Rodorera és potser la més fluixa però esque té unes històries difícils de superar. Diferent a les històries tràgiques de dones que ens ha acostumat, amb una mirada diferent doncs la narració és a partir d'un personatge secundari en tercera persona.

noorablas's review against another edition

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

4.5

paurofes's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

és una mica lent, però és bonic. potser val més la pena llegir-lo per la forma en que està escrit que per la trama que té. m’ha recordat a calella i al cap roig. s’assembla una mica a “una vil·la a florència”, del Maugham.

merilancis's review against another edition

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5.0

M’encanta

hannicogood's review against another edition

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4.0

A really beautiful little novel that was more effective in capturing a moment in time or a setting than it was a plot. However, the scenes it captures are spectacular and the book has a great sense of aesthetics balanced with stripped-down prose.