so-soThis was good, but not my favorite. The last 10% really salvaged it for me. The audiobook narrator was excellent!
3.5⭐️
pickThe characters in this mystery is what makes this book so good. The mystery, the deaths of a husband & wife 3 years apart from each other, is fine but it‘s the cub reporter, a crime reporter, & a novelist and their work together to find the killer that I grew to care about. Pineiro‘s humor is not as prevalent in this one but you can feel it underneath. And the ending, one that seems much more realistic than many other thrillers, is satisfying.
Needed a Spanish book to throw in the mix…Might as well make it a Piñeiro! ?
This novel tends to have no paragraphs and never uses quotation marks. Multiple conversations can take place in a paragraph and you need to decipher who is speaking. It‘s a tiny bit like Sally Rooney‘s recent novel. When I read a book like this, I need the assistance of a bookmark to keep my place on the lines as I read down the page. It makes the experience of reading more enjoyable and less daunting.
pickAugust 2024 Book #5 Elena Knows
My first novel by this author. Short but powerful novel. So intense, well written. It was amazing how the illness was described, I almost felt I was inside Elena‘s body, feeling her frustrations to command her body to react, to follow her instructions. Characters were masterly described, so much was said in a short novel. It was so sad the story of Elena. I was just captivated by this stor, by this written style 5⭐️
pickThis was amazing! Tough read, but Piñeiro‘s writing just makes everything worth it. I‘m glad I took my time with this one and I did not expect that twist at the end!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Borrowed this from the library after yet another friend reviewed and loved. 25% in and can‘t put it down.
Piñeiro is fast becoming a fave!
pickWhat more to say about this brilliant book that hasn't been already said?
The writing strikes with emotions, the descriptions of Parkinson's disease are torturingly realistic and the twist in the end is so full of meaning.
A mother torn down by Parkinson's disease is striking to prove her daughter didn't commit suicide.
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Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, Frances Riddle (Translator)
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