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Mona by Pola Oloixarac

chels14's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

hotpinkinthenight's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I took issue with the pacing in this book, and a lot of it went over my head, but there is something strangely enigmatic about it that won’t let me rate it anything less than 3 stars.

alixf889's review against another edition

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Wasn’t in the mood. Will try again I think 

macyberendsen's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm confused what the point of this book was

lukashawk's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

graciado's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

The opening chapter is a little trite. Everything is a drug. Coffee, prayer, music

Americanah was a better exploration of the US impositions of race on people from other nations who do not recognise the same principles
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s_evan's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

An engaging and somewhat wild/surreal exploration of the literary world through the experience of Mona, a woman who makes (more) sense by the end. 

Finished within 24 hours and truly do not know if I would have enjoyed the book as much in short installments. 
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ipazia's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

jorge5408's review against another edition

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5.0

Pensando en el término contemporáneo según lo discute Giorgio Agamben en su ensayo «What Is the Contemporary?», esta novela definitivamente es contemporánea, sobre todo por los diálogos que entabla con el canon, con la Academia, con la comercialización de la literatura, con temas actuales (hay que leerla para saber), con el lector de ayer y de hoy. Es una novela inteligente, el lector lo sabe mientras lee, pero lo reafirma en los dos últimos capítulos. Parece sencilla por la lucidez del lenguaje y por su laconismo, pero hay que cavilar en todo lo que presenta para entender su profundidad. Al final, Pola sigue siendo una de mis autoras favoritas.

cubergirl420's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

2.75