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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5
Las estrellas son como mi reseña personal porque no es mi tipo de libros, pero siendo crítica y alejándome de mis gustos está muy bien construido. Estoy casi segura que todo lo que no se contó de él fue a propósito para develar cómo se sentía, me parece increíble. La manera de crear a Pacual Duarte fue asombrosa, se nota la crítica social y cómo es que inevitablemente hay personas que lidian con su trauma de manera incorrecta; pero eso al autor no le importa en lo más mínimo, lo importante es su historia y cómo es que sus peripecias lo llevaron a su inevitable destino.
Las estrellas son como mi reseña personal porque no es mi tipo de libros, pero siendo crítica y alejándome de mis gustos está muy bien construido. Estoy casi segura que todo lo que no se contó de él fue a propósito para develar cómo se sentía, me parece increíble. La manera de crear a Pacual Duarte fue asombrosa, se nota la crítica social y cómo es que inevitablemente hay personas que lidian con su trauma de manera incorrecta; pero eso al autor no le importa en lo más mínimo, lo importante es su historia y cómo es que sus peripecias lo llevaron a su inevitable destino.
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
I last read this in the '80's, and enjoyed (and understood) it much more this time around.
But really, not even cutting edge publisher Dalkey Archive can get us a new translation? Kerrigan's was done in 1964. Time for a new one, I suspect.
Not sure what I love more, the post-modern set up at the beginning and end of the book (letters, notes, ect etc). Or the immediate undercutting of the truth told here by the narrator - by everyone involved.
Until his very last act, I did not see him as so much mindlessly violent, as a man with a bad temper put into bad situations. He talks about how bad he was in his youth, but never gives us examples - other than shooting his prized hunting dog for no good reason.
Looking forward to reading more. 9 of his works have been translated into English, I have a few on order now.
Short, and to the point.
But really, not even cutting edge publisher Dalkey Archive can get us a new translation? Kerrigan's was done in 1964. Time for a new one, I suspect.
Not sure what I love more, the post-modern set up at the beginning and end of the book (letters, notes, ect etc). Or the immediate undercutting of the truth told here by the narrator - by everyone involved.
Until his very last act, I did not see him as so much mindlessly violent, as a man with a bad temper put into bad situations. He talks about how bad he was in his youth, but never gives us examples - other than shooting his prized hunting dog for no good reason.
Looking forward to reading more. 9 of his works have been translated into English, I have a few on order now.
Short, and to the point.
dark
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Minor: Abortion