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date pub Sep 13, 2022
date pub edition Sep 13, 2022
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date pub Oct 03, 2023
date pub edition Oct 03, 2023
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num pages
448
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avg rating 3.99
num ratings 110,600
date pub Oct 01, 2013
date pub edition May 30, 2023
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isbn13 9780748129232
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num pages
560
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 110,352
date pub Oct 01, 2002
date pub edition Feb 03, 2011
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isbn13 9781400033430
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num pages
174
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avg rating 4.04
num ratings 106,866
date pub 1973
date pub edition Jun 08, 2004
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525
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avg rating 4.19
num ratings 11,751
date pub Aug 30, 2022
date pub edition Aug 30, 2022
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How this book managed to slip under everyone’s radar despite being the best fantasy of the year is a mystery to me. Part epic folk tale, part meta-narr
How this book managed to slip under everyone’s radar despite being the best fantasy of the year is a mystery to me. Part epic folk tale, part meta-narrative exploration of family and identity, The Spear Cuts Through Water is a work of fiction so perfectly conceived and executed that I will be personally offended if it doesn’t swoop up all the awards next season. Jimenez creates a puzzle of intersecting storylines that fit together like Russian dolls, cleverly employing different perspectives, tenses, and settings to obfuscate his intentions before finally revealing his cards to the reader at the most climactic moment. Nothing is left to chance; from beginning to end, the narrator presents you with the exact amount of information you need to follow the story, without ever revealing too much or too little. The author trusts you to trust him and let yourself be carried away into an ancestral world where the narrative is out of your control. I can’t remember the last time I felt such a sense of wonder while reading a book: the atmospheric writing is reminiscent of Erin Morgenstern and Neil Gaiman, but Jimenez keeps a tight grip on the plot, never allowing the story to meander or the descriptions to veer into self-indulgence. This book is an ode to storytelling. It’s a tale told by a grandmother to her favorite grandson, in a kitchen filled with smoke and the smells of a country lost to memory. It’s a foundational myth on the value of love and compassion, a family history, and a play re-enacted by ghosts in a dream theater. Above all, it is a love story stronger than gods and time.
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num pages
242
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avg rating 4.26
num ratings 478,283
date pub Apr 20, 2021
date pub edition Apr 27, 2021
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avg rating 4.21
num ratings 812,054
date pub 1862
date pub edition 2014
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isbn13 9780813927671
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num pages
258
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avg rating 4.06
num ratings 12,375
date pub 1986
date pub edition Feb 05, 2009
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isbn13 9780147514011
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num pages
816
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 2,304,020
date pub Sep 30, 1868
date pub edition Nov 17, 2023
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num pages
480
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avg rating 4.34
num ratings 44,778
date pub Sep 13, 2022
date pub edition Sep 13, 2022
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"We were children, playing with the reflections of stars in a pool of water, thinking it was space." I'm fine. This is fine. I am okay with the events
"We were children, playing with the reflections of stars in a pool of water, thinking it was space." I'm fine. This is fine. I am okay with the events that occurred in this book. These fictional people do not influence my psycho-emotional balance. I did not sob on an airplane while reading this. The epilogue did not completely floor me. I will now resume my normal life and not at all freak out about what I just read. But also: fucking friendship bracelets ? With her ? Really??
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num pages
368
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avg rating 3.97
num ratings 181,082
date pub Oct 1920
date pub edition Mar 01, 1996
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416
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avg rating 4.34
num ratings 147,394
date pub Aug 15, 2017
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num pages
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avg rating 4.52
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date pub Aug 18, 2014
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num pages
587
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avg rating 4.41
num ratings 39,791
date pub Jul 23, 2019
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isbn13 9788869980756
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num pages
300
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 19,618
date pub 1976
date pub edition Jun 15, 2017
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num pages
185
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avg rating 3.98
num ratings 39,010
date pub Oct 13, 2020
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num pages
141
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avg rating 3.97
num ratings 987
date pub Nov 12, 2015
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num pages
790
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avg rating 4.01
num ratings 7,943
date pub 2008
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