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twrecks931's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
literaryjunarin's review against another edition
Boring and not in the mood for it.
inthenevernever's review against another edition
4.0
La reseña completa en https://inthenevernever.blogspot.com/2020/03/las-doncellas-de-oxido-de-gwendolyn.html
“Las chicas lo sabíamos mejor que el resto. Si el mundo tenía espacio limitado, entonces nosotras seríamos las primeras en ser descartadas. No hay sitio para nosotras en las acerías, ni en las salas de juntas, ni en los quirófanos. No hay sitio para nosotras en ningún lado”.
¿Qué ocurriría si un día descubres que tus amigas de la infancia están cambiando? Si lejos de ser solo una alteración en su personalidad eso implicase también una metamorfosis de sus cuerpos. ¿Qué pasaría si jóvenes que en teoría tienen toda una vida por delante comienzan a ver sus uñas trasformadas en vidrios y sus huesos en metales oxidados? Hoy quiero recomendarles Las Doncellas de Óxido, de Gwendolyn Kiste, obra ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker a la mejor primera novela en 2019 y que ahora podemos disfrutar en español gracias a la excelente traducción de José Ángel de Dios García.
“Las chicas lo sabíamos mejor que el resto. Si el mundo tenía espacio limitado, entonces nosotras seríamos las primeras en ser descartadas. No hay sitio para nosotras en las acerías, ni en las salas de juntas, ni en los quirófanos. No hay sitio para nosotras en ningún lado”.
¿Qué ocurriría si un día descubres que tus amigas de la infancia están cambiando? Si lejos de ser solo una alteración en su personalidad eso implicase también una metamorfosis de sus cuerpos. ¿Qué pasaría si jóvenes que en teoría tienen toda una vida por delante comienzan a ver sus uñas trasformadas en vidrios y sus huesos en metales oxidados? Hoy quiero recomendarles Las Doncellas de Óxido, de Gwendolyn Kiste, obra ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker a la mejor primera novela en 2019 y que ahora podemos disfrutar en español gracias a la excelente traducción de José Ángel de Dios García.
jhaasoliver's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
This is not an academic response, but I just don’t buy it. Kiste failed to sell me on the surrealism of the setting to make any of the rust maiden stuff believable. I’ve read lots of horror and surreal content and there’s just something missing here. I don’t buy that this happened in the 1980’s in Cleveland, Ohio. I don’t buy that an FBI agent would sleep with an 18 year old JUST graduated high school and then face no consequences, then become obsessed with the town and make a museum? Like Adrian just does not make sense to me. And the parents collectively not caring AT ALL? It just doesn’t work. Also, I did not like the slight lean to anti-union sentiments. Not cute.
devannm's review against another edition
4.0
actual rating: 3.5
Really cool concept and written in a very engaging and haunting style. I thought it did a really good job of tying together the horror aspects and the social issues aspects. With some books that fall more under literary horror I feel like the horror elements get buried pretty deep under the literary fiction part but this one I thought had a nice mix of like social commentary and body horror the entire way through. Giving it a technical 3.5 because I would have liked a few more answers at the end but it was still a really good read and the narrator for the audiobook was really enjoyable as well.
Really cool concept and written in a very engaging and haunting style. I thought it did a really good job of tying together the horror aspects and the social issues aspects. With some books that fall more under literary horror I feel like the horror elements get buried pretty deep under the literary fiction part but this one I thought had a nice mix of like social commentary and body horror the entire way through. Giving it a technical 3.5 because I would have liked a few more answers at the end but it was still a really good read and the narrator for the audiobook was really enjoyable as well.
myreadingescapism's review against another edition
3.0
So I get the hypotheticals of what this book means, but I just wanted more. I wanted more answers and I didn't really get anything. The first half of the book was so boring, I was so uninterested.
franmillagu's review against another edition
5.0
Phoebe regresa a casa mucho tiempo después, el barrio está en las últimas, apenas unos jirones como los recuerdos de las Doncellas de Óxido. Deberá enfrentar el presente para sellar las heridas del pasado.
Tenso, intrigante y atractivo, mezcla muchos sentimientos. Trámite la decadencia y la hipocresía de una sociedad tocada de muerte sin saberlo ni aceptarlo.
Tenso, intrigante y atractivo, mezcla muchos sentimientos. Trámite la decadencia y la hipocresía de una sociedad tocada de muerte sin saberlo ni aceptarlo.
nicekweenreads's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
meowageddonn's review against another edition
2.0
How do you make a story about women who mutate into literal metal non-human entities, that give off the vibes of a steam-punk Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro creature and make it SO boring?
Seriously.
*Insert Tyra Banks meme - I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you*
Seriously.
*Insert Tyra Banks meme - I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you*