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hashbrownhedgehog's review against another edition
Characters were not interesting and lacked depth.
Wasn’t aware that this was a fictionalized story of a real crime. Not my cup of tea.
Wasn’t aware that this was a fictionalized story of a real crime. Not my cup of tea.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Child abuse
bookynooknook's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Murder, and Child death
qu33nofbookz's review against another edition
2.0
I received this book in return for an honest review.
First off this was not my cup of tea because of the writing style, which while I didn't care for it others might. I felt nothing for these characters or their lives. I was board for 95% of this story waiting for something to happen besides all the characters talking about random high points in their lives. The chapters are of each character but told from only one of them and it's him talking as the rest of them telling us what they think or feel about each other and it's very flat and shallow. It's very shallow without a lot of depth to the characters or what is going on for the majority of the story which if I didn't know what was coming I wouldn't have stuck with. Every chapter is about a different character but they all sounded the same and I had a hard time telling them apart especially since there was maybe a total of ten pages of any dialogue in the whole story. Also, the multiple names for each character which kept switching all the time in all the chapters got annoying and slightly confusing. Most of the story focuses on the past or the current partying of the 'villain' at the time before it is revealed what he has done. Kidnapping, torturing, raping, and killing a little girl. There is actually a whole very long chapter of mentally deranged muddled visualizations/descriptions of all the porn on the bad guy's computer mixed with flowery, fairytale, and mythically inspired links to describe pictures of the little girl mixed in with the porn. (Yuck not thanks).
This is not a groundbreaking book into what kind of people do these things. It is not a groundbreaking book on morals and how they can go wrong or be nonexistent for some people. This is not a groundbreaking book on what could and does often go wrong in these kinds of cultures. This is not a groundbreaking book spotlighting wrongs done and how we can fix them if we speak out. This was just a slow, somewhat annoying look into the shallow goings-on of a few privileged men who because of their status in their culture do what they want and are often not punished unless the wider world hears of it, and covering it up costs a little more then they have.
Because this is a very largely fictionalized story about a real crime which you can read about in news articles and this didn't have much depth you might get more out of reading what really happened. I got more feelings, was more interested and more moved from news articles then I did from this book.
First off this was not my cup of tea because of the writing style, which while I didn't care for it others might. I felt nothing for these characters or their lives. I was board for 95% of this story waiting for something to happen besides all the characters talking about random high points in their lives. The chapters are of each character but told from only one of them and it's him talking as the rest of them telling us what they think or feel about each other and it's very flat and shallow. It's very shallow without a lot of depth to the characters or what is going on for the majority of the story which if I didn't know what was coming I wouldn't have stuck with. Every chapter is about a different character but they all sounded the same and I had a hard time telling them apart especially since there was maybe a total of ten pages of any dialogue in the whole story. Also, the multiple names for each character which kept switching all the time in all the chapters got annoying and slightly confusing. Most of the story focuses on the past or the current partying of the 'villain' at the time before it is revealed what he has done. Kidnapping, torturing, raping, and killing a little girl. There is actually a whole very long chapter of mentally deranged muddled visualizations/descriptions of all the porn on the bad guy's computer mixed with flowery, fairytale, and mythically inspired links to describe pictures of the little girl mixed in with the porn. (Yuck not thanks).
This is not a groundbreaking book into what kind of people do these things. It is not a groundbreaking book on morals and how they can go wrong or be nonexistent for some people. This is not a groundbreaking book on what could and does often go wrong in these kinds of cultures. This is not a groundbreaking book spotlighting wrongs done and how we can fix them if we speak out. This was just a slow, somewhat annoying look into the shallow goings-on of a few privileged men who because of their status in their culture do what they want and are often not punished unless the wider world hears of it, and covering it up costs a little more then they have.
Because this is a very largely fictionalized story about a real crime which you can read about in news articles and this didn't have much depth you might get more out of reading what really happened. I got more feelings, was more interested and more moved from news articles then I did from this book.
navegandohistorias's review against another edition
4.0
Me gustó mucho. Realmente la narración me mantuvo con ganas de leer todo el tiempo. Un libro fuerte que tuve que parar de a ratos porque dolía leer. Creo que la manera en que la autora decidió narrar este caso es muy interesante y realmente dura.
pachypedia's review against another edition
4.0
Cuánto dolor en esta narración! Un país entero volcado en una historia que convulsionó la vida de todos de tal manera que no se puede dejar olvidar, aunque sea de esta manera ficcionada. La autora aprovecha además para mostrar cómo a veces la presión de grupo nos impulsa a hacer cosas de las que nos arrepentimos en cuanto podemos pensar por nosotros mismos de nuevo.
cptotoy's review against another edition
1.0
Lo que impacta de este libro es la historia y las aún cuando se sabe que es de la vida real. De otra forma, a juzgar por la composición, la narración no propone algo nuevo no diferente. Ahora sí hablamos de lo que pasó entonces asombra. Creo que este no es la mejor de las obras del autor y la narración de este tipo de sucesos debe dejarse a los cronistas o proponer algo distinto como un final inventado, una historia nuevo, algo pero proponer!
geraldinecarlos13's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
gsdiazc's review against another edition
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
caror26's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0