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Las rosas de mayo by Dot Hutchison

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mielybooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny 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? Yes

1.0

Venía con expectativas altísimas porque el libro anterior fue de mis favoritos, pero Las rosas de mayo me dejó una gran decepción. La historia es lenta y monótona; sentía que no pasaba nada, y honestamente, intenté leerlo en diferentes momentos, hasta en mis viajes, pero terminaba adormecida sin sentir que me estaba perdiendo de nada importante.

Aunque se anuncia como una historia independiente, está llena de referencias al primer libro, y el asesino de esta entrega tiene una presencia casi fantasmagórica. La narrativa es confusa, mezclando escenas en tiempos y lugares diferentes sin ninguna transición clara. De un párrafo a otro, pasas de una historia a otra, y te encuentras de repente con personajes nuevos que no te dan tiempo de procesar.

El asesino aparece cerca del 85% del libro, y cuando parece que finalmente habrá algo de acción, la escena se corta. En vez de mostrarnos lo que ocurre, el autor prefiere narrar cómo el detective se sube a un avión, y para cuando volvemos a la historia, la protagonista ya está en el hospital. Y el final… es un meh absoluto. En lugar de desarrollar la trama, el libro se llena de escenas de amistad entre la chica y el detective que sienten más como relleno que como algo realmente relevante.

📃frases📃
🌻"Siempre estuve rota, y siempre estuve conforme con eso."
🌻"¿Cómo te reconstruyes cuando las piezas que se han perdido para siempre son las únicas razones que te hacen visible?"
🌻"No deberíamos tener que componernos si no queremos. No deberíamos tener que ser fuertes o valientes o tener esperanza ni ninguna mierda de esas."
🌻"está bien no estar bien. No le debemos eso a nadie"
🌻"Las amistades entre los hombres son de lo más extrañas"

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dreamingofsmiles's review against another edition

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

4.0


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kendallhoward's review against another edition

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

4.75


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csimonsensays's review against another edition

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

5.0


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katekreadsalot's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

I had high hopes after The Butterfly Garden, and this second book kind of fell a little flat for me. It was still good, just didn’t fill the shoes of the first book.

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csmoke85's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75


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loonysaurus's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25


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kkalicky94's review against another edition

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

4.0


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_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

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

5.0


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michelles_book_nook's review against another edition

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

5.0

⚠️ CW: murder, eating disorder, rape and suicide ⚠️ Dot Hutchison really nailed it again with this one! Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian and, Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath while helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer and warmer days of healing ahead. But for the agents the impending thaw means one gruesome thing, a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers. Priya Sravasti’s sister fell victim to the serial killer years ago. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning but when she ends up in the madman’s crosshairs the hunt takes on a new urgency. Wow I think it's safe to say this author has become one of my new favourites! Her writing style is so hauntingly beautiful and captivating that I just speed through her books, and if this one is anything like the first book is this series then it will stay with me for a long time after. It is so hard to review without giving spoilers but it is filled with twists and turns and a bombshell ending as well as the creepiest dual pov chapters that will give you all the eerie feels. Overall, if you love dark serial killer reads then this series is definitely one to pick up!

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