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zahraawalji

Death in the Andes

Mario Vargas Llosa

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

OH MY goshh!!! I’m sorry but this book was so horribly slow and useless. I was losing brain cells each page and I felt like jumping into the book myself just to create some action. There was no explanation whatsoever of any of the events, and considering there really WERE NO events, it really needed to be explained! I felt lost, confused, and incredibly bored for the short time I even read this book. I usually don’t like DNFing stuff, as I believe each book can give some value and we can learn from everything. BUT this book may have proven my belief WRONG. 

I wouldn’t wish this book on my worst enemy. 
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Had me hooked the whole time! 
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the ending destroyed me. 
adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes