Our Share of Night

Our Share of Night

Hardback
3.616

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"...one of the best novels of the 21st century" - Paul Tremblay "...a magnificent accomplishment and a genuine work of power." - Alan Moore "...her novel is going to haunt me for the rest of my life" - Kelly Link, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "A singular, soul-rattling novel...I've never read anything like it and I'll never forget my time in Enriquez's mesmerizing world." -Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author "...this novel is a masterpiece and a true original." - Laura van den Berg --- From cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed His father could find what was lost. His father knew when someone was going to die. His father had talked to him about the dead who rode in on the wind. The dead travel fast. Gaspar is six years old when the Order first come for him. For years, they have exploited his father's ability to commune with the dead and the demonic, presiding over macabre rituals where the unwanted and the disappeared are tortured and executed, sacrificed to the darkness. Now they want a successor. Nothing will stop the Order, nothing is beyond them. Surrounded by horrors, can Gaspar break free? Spanning the brutal decades of Argentina's military dictatorship and its aftermath, Our Share of Night is a haunting, thrilling novel of broken families, cursed inheritances, and the sacrifices a father will make to help his son escape his destiny.

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Format
Hardback
Pages
736
Price
22.95 €

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2.5

Eines der langatmigsten Bücher, die ich bisher gelesen habe ("Ich bin jetzt beim 30% Marker angekommen... Geht's nu langsam mal los???") . Dabei gar nicht übel geschrieben. Plottechnisch lässt sich hier auch kein roter Faden erkennen und der erwartete Horror lünkerte auch eher zurückhaltend hinter dem ganzen Familiendrama hervor.

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I'm torn about this one. I really liked the writing style and the atmosphere the author created. All of the introduced characters had a certain depth. What I didn't like was the meandering plot (I often wondered where the author wanted to go with the plot and if there even was a goal) and the underwhelming ending. On another note, knowing more about Argentina and its history might lead to a better reading experience - sadly, that wasn't the case for me.

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