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Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

27 reviews

nstevens0309's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious medium-paced
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4.25

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kld2128's review against another edition

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

4.25

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dijae's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

This was a very challenging and beautifully woven novel. I had to read this book a little differently, constantly going back to the previous pages and feeling scattered, disjointed throughout. The novel took me on a similar journey as its scarcely engaged narrator as he struggled to not only find but experience the life of his father. Through Juan and the people of Media Luna, we navigate grief, abandonment, religious guilt etc  through a multitude of characters stuck in their own purgatory. Are they alive or dead? Is this before Juan's arrival, during Pedro's youth or a completely different timeline? I had so many questions while I was reading some answered some not but yeah I loved this and definitely need to reread! 
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amanda_marie's review against another edition

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

3.5

I want to add more, but I don’t think I could describe this book if I tried to. 
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ivette20's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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not_another_ana's review against another edition

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

3.5

Vine a Comala porque me dijeron que acá vivía mi padre, un tal Pedro Páramo.

En su lecho de muerte la madre de Juan Preciado le hace prometer que irá a Comala, el pueblo de donde son oriundos, a buscar a su padre Pedro Páramo. Una vez que llega al pueblo, encuentra un caserío vacío, donde lo único que habita las deterioradas casas son ecos de sus habitantes, almas en pena que vagan por los lugares donde alguna vez hicieron vida. 

Lo que sigue es un encuentro entre la vida y la muerte, donde poco a poco se va desplegando la historia de Pedro Páramo y Comala desde las experiencias de los pobladores y conocidos. Es una narración muy interesante, que requiere mucha atención a los detalles pero que, al mismo tiempo, es envolvente y apetecible. Invita al lector a dejarse ir, a experimentar el momento igual que Juan Preciado.

¿Qué la entendí toda? Probablemente no, se me escapan ciertas particularidades culturales e históricas de México, pero al mismo tiempo estoy en paz con la lectura que hice y siento que posiblemente algún día yo también vuelva a Comala.
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leannanecdote's review against another edition

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

3.75

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breauseph's review against another edition

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

4.75

It is truly incredible how much this book accomplishes with so little text. I wish I was fluent in Spanish so that I could read Rulfo as he originally wrote - apparently the existing translations don't quite do justice to his style. There's a lot in the novel to reflect on, maybe particularly our own wide-reaching impact on the people around us and what we owe to our communities rather than just to ourselves. Really incredible, an immediate favorite.
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sas_lk's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

That was so disorienting but also interesting. I liked it, but I also don't really feel like I have a grasp of the book. Feels like one of those books you need to reread multiple times to not miss any piece of information, and to really get the whole picture.
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aggie2010's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced
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  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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