Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor - Review

[@OverlyAverageBen]

This snuck onto my best of 2024 list right at the end. Brilliant book and completely agree with you

[@bmaei5]

"Jose Donoso is my favorite author of the Latin American boom (better than Gabriel Garcia Márquez)." ― Fernanda Melchor Loved Hurricane Season. If you can handle the gore and the sadism and the dysfunction, I would recommend The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso.

[@italomendez4400]

I agree with that you have to pick the right time to read it. I started it last year but had to postpone after a few pages. Great review!

[@sheltercoordinator8387]

Well, now I'm going to have to revisit this book. I tried once and the dense prose was too much. Clearly, the pay off is worth the work in the beginning. Looks like I'll be requesting this one from my library again.

[@christianverschaeren5813]

Love what you did with the place, hope that wasn't a supporting wall.

[@tine5278]

I read it in 2020 and I just looked it up in my notes because I vaguely remembered I didn't like it as much (maybe too high expectations, the novel was book of the year of so many people especially among Latino friends) but my notes said pretty much the same you say. I think maybe it was the lack of a main protagonist I could identify with or lack of a kind of narrative that is more linear and closes open ends which made me remember it as a 3,5-4 out of 5.

[@m.c.3541]

Happy New Year. I'm going to give it a go. I'll let you know. Thanks.

[@ianp9086]

Like you I loved it and I thought Paradais was just as good. I have her white Fitzcarraldo book This is not Miami to read this year and can’t wait!

[@ashleylamont7687]

Happy '25 bro 😊