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What a strange little book. It was delirious, confusing, and unsettling. I never really knew where we were going, but I couldn't put it down. It started with this strong sense of dread - of what will happen to the horse? What will happen to David? Who is the lady in the green house? Are there any doctors in this town, or not? As the unknown dread settled into an uncomfortable half-knowing, half-unknowing, my reading felt like it stumble-fell all the way to the end. I am still not quite sure what
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The worst kind of nightmares are the ones so vivid they seem real. You are stuck, helpless while things move around you menacing. Your only hope is to wake up, that is, if you are actually dreaming.
In Samantha Schweblin's terrifying short book, the main character is in bed. A young boy forces her to retell the story of how she got there. Is it real? Is this a nightmare? The reader is drawn deeper and deeper into a story of poisoning, betrayal, and a mother's need to protect her child.
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In Samantha Schweblin's terrifying short book, the main character is in bed. A young boy forces her to retell the story of how she got there. Is it real? Is this a nightmare? The reader is drawn deeper and deeper into a story of poisoning, betrayal, and a mother's need to protect her child.
There are ...more
La estructura de la narración es inusual: una conversación en un tiempo presente acerca de hechos en un pasado reciente, con el fin de encontrar una explicación y poder hallar la paz. Una visión acerca de la maternidad donde la mayor parte del tiempo es un agobio más que un gusto, los límites en el cuidado de los hijos y cómo eso afecta a las madres. Los elementos fuera de la realidad le dan un toque de misterio que provoca seguir leyendo.
A book that I feel would be amazing for a book club because I definitely need to talk to people about this.
Wow. That was weird. Not sure how to classify this one, or review it.
Despite a calm, almost detached tone, the psychological horror is unrelenting from the first page to the last.
Set in rural Argentina, the story is told as a conversation between Amanda (lying in a clinic bed, ill from some kind of poison or contamination) and a child, David (who is maybe David, maybe sitting on the edge of her bed, or maybe a figment of her fevered imagination).
I read it in a single breathless rush.
Despite a calm, almost detached tone, the psychological horror is unrelenting from the first page to the last.
Set in rural Argentina, the story is told as a conversation between Amanda (lying in a clinic bed, ill from some kind of poison or contamination) and a child, David (who is maybe David, maybe sitting on the edge of her bed, or maybe a figment of her fevered imagination).
I read it in a single breathless rush.
What a weird and intense little book.
This was the summer book for Tournament of books that won entry into the tournament for 2018. I get the hype for this book, but it is just not my thing. Similar to Lincoln in they Bardo in the not really knowing if they are alive or dead. Short small book to knock out as an experience of the weirdness.
Creeptastic! I need to think about this some more.
Quick and decent.
Nov 06, 2017
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