A review by chichio
Time of the Flies by Claudia Piñeiro

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

3.0

I am only a mother on paper, because motherhood is a life sentence (but I don’t feel like a mother anymore). Like what happens to the fruit fly in the YouTube videos, you go in through a little hole thinking you’re headed for something sweet and then you’re trapped and you can never get out.

Didn’t really care for all the fly chat despite genuinely understanding why Inés is so obsessed with them. Those sections of the novel dragged to the point of me wanting to dnf the book SEVERAL TIMES. Anyway, I enjoyed the exploration of womanhood and motherhood, or perhaps, more accurately, womanhood VS motherhood. I really really really loved the chorus chapters interspersed throughout the book and this was the strength of the book in my opinion.