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Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda
1.5
dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t think I liked this book… I was disturbed and upset and I didn’t know for what reason all the horror was taking place. Intro said allegory for Franco, but even that was hard to grasp other than things being horrible. I don’t object to graphic or shocking content in and of itself, but it has to DO something, and for me, this didn’t. I will say that the writing style was super unique, incising, moving between documenting the present and reflecting seamlessly, so you weren’t even aware how you were moving through time. 

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