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alatarie's review against another edition
2.0
Difícil. No me gustó mucho.
(Leído durante clases de literatura español.)
(Leído durante clases de literatura español.)
losthighway's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-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
3.75
estrela_starpower's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
“Seltsam, wie das Denken sich ins Unwahrscheinliche versteigt, wie es sich dies kurzzeitig gestattet, wie es phantasiert oder sich abergläubisch gebärdet, um eine Weile auszuruhen und Erleichterung zu finden, wie es imstande ist, Tatsachen zu leugnen und die Zeit zurückzudrehen, und sei es nur für einen Augenblick. Wie es dem Traum ähnelt.”
Die Frau für eine Nacht stirbt in seinen Armen, der Mann verarbeitet die Situation. Ein typischer Marías mit den auf schöne Art umständlichen Gedankenschleifen.
coris's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
5 stars for the meditations on death and human impermanence.
3 stars for paragraph-long sentences, that sometimes land and sometimes just spin out too far.
1 star for male MCs' misogyny and weirdness.
3 stars for paragraph-long sentences, that sometimes land and sometimes just spin out too far.
1 star for male MCs' misogyny and weirdness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Death, and Infidelity
Moderate: Stalking and Transphobia
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Abandonment, and Abortion
believeinyou's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ehrenb's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion and Physical abuse
tisreading's review against another edition
3.0
Letto evidentemente in un periodo sbagliato perché pur non essendo molto lungo l'ho trovato molto impegnativo e alla fine mi sono quasi costretta a finirlo. Alcune cose molto belle, non facile da digerire emotivamente e soprattutto ho notato in alcuni passi dei pensieri e dei termini velatamente misogini che ovviamente non mi hanno reso la lettura più facile. Mi aspettavo molto di più!
sisyphused's review against another edition
'you love things and people according to what you have or haven't got, according to the spaces they leave, our needs and desires vary according to what we lose or to whether we are abandoned by someone or dispossessed.'
summary: what if there's a guy and he was in a situation...
have fallen in and out of sleep over the course of this book, what with too much ramblings and unnecessary details (and commas!). the first two chapters were interesting, the rest was such a drag tho. almost DNF'ed.
sloatsj's review against another edition
5.0
The plot involves a ghostwriter names Victor who has a rendezvous with a woman at her apartment while her husband is on a trip to London. They are about to make love when suddenly she feels unwell and within a few minutes (?) she dies. With her toddler asleep in the other room, Victor is at a loss for what to do. He wants to do the right thing but also to melt into the wall, yet overshadowing that decision is the ancient urge to understand and tell the story.
Great details, lots of Madrid noir, stalking and lurking, a wild late-emerging subplot, a king and a horserace.
Marias loves long, winding passages of rumination and extrapolation that are often enchanting but occasionally fatiguing, but nevertheless worthwhile.
Great details, lots of Madrid noir, stalking and lurking, a wild late-emerging subplot, a king and a horserace.
Marias loves long, winding passages of rumination and extrapolation that are often enchanting but occasionally fatiguing, but nevertheless worthwhile.