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“Distancia de rescate”, de Samanta Schweblin

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Fever Dream 

A BookBud Review

By Samanta Schweblin

Finished 05-04-2020

Genre: Abstract Fictional Horror

Basic Plot: Amanda finds herself speaking with David in an unknown location, recanting her and her daughter’s story about a strange encounter with his own mother while on vacation in a small town.

Notable Quote(s):

"I'm just tired, that's what I tell myself, and sometimes I'm afraid when I think that everyday problems might be a little more terrible for me than for other people."

Overall Rating: ⭐⭐

Readability: 2/5

Plot Interest: 1/5

Creativity: 3/5

This really was named appropriately. It felt like a damn fever dream to read. I wasn’t really sure what was happening throughout it at first and it never got fully cleared up. Now, to be brutally honest with myself here, I don’t think I was invested enough to care about the layers of themes. I felt very underwhelmed while I read this and I think that’s why I didn’t become attached. However, I also have to be honest in my naivety while reading it. The why is what bothered me the most. I didn’t like the characters, I didn’t enjoy the format of a trippy interrogation but what I do understand was that this book wasn’t meant for pure enjoyment. It’s themes were always meant to be the main focus, from what I can tell. It was eerie in the sense that it builds a lot of anticipation about some very upsetting issues in family and society but for me, that delivery style was missed since I was so uninterested which bummed me out. The themes, however, were always present. 

For that last reason specifically, I bumped this book from to 2 out of 5 stars. I didn’t enjoy this book, but I’d be a bad reviewer if I let my personal taste determine a horrible review because this author seemingly wanted to make a point and, it was made. Strong feelings of negligence were portrayed in this story, from the parents, from the town, even from the world. I also felt highly underwhelmed at the end and instead of feeling like a novella with a manipulated story meant to invoke a sense of duty and care in the reader, it felt like a paper meant to hide a theme within a plot. By the end, i just wanted to re-read thinking I’d missed something. But, I can honestly say I didn’t enjoy this read on a personal level, even if I do believe this was simply a style issue for me from the author. I think overall, I respect this book for what it’s purpose seemingly is, but it wouldn’t be something I’d recommend unless you enjoy societal themes masked by fictional works which is not what I read this book for since it claims to be a horror. 

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Wowzer. What a book. Fever Dream. I read this short novel easily inside a day - i wish i had the time to read it in just one sitting... I won't provide any spoilers, so I'll have to keep this post short. Really looking forward to discussing this at next month's book club @booksellercrow - a grrat selection. I think it will strongly divide opinion. Anyway, i want/need to read it a second time. So good. So well crafted and executed by Samanta Schweblin. If you do need a proper book review, check out the New Yorker review from 2017 when this book was first published in English (translated from Spanish I think) - it does a great job of summarising the relationships of the conversations going on. #FeverDream #Schweblin #books #book #booklover #bookstagram #reading #reader #bookworm #goodreads #whatimreading #bookclub #bookerprize https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4XFq9Aqzn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k707llw51554

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