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Excellent blend of gothic horror and magical realism. Worse, it's too close to home.
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We all walk over bones in this city, it’s just a question of making holes deep enough to reach the buried dead. I have to dig, with a shovel, with my hands, like a dog. Dogs always find bones; they always know where they’re hidden, where they’ve been abandoned, forgotten.
5 stars for the powerful impact
1 star for my lack of enjoyment in the writing style
3 stars = average between the two
CW - this book includes some graphic descriptions of abuse and violence, to women, children, and animals (i ...more
I really was looking forward to hearing stories from Argentina, a country I loved living in. These however were messed up, macabre and forgettable. Didn't work for me, and I'd like my time back.
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