City of the beasts
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City of the beasts

When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
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Aditi@syahitya
2 stars
Nov 10, 2022

Interesting, but this is not a fantasy fiction book. I found it too slow and had to coax myself to read further at times, while at other times I forgot about it entirely. I'm sure there are many who would enjoy it, and it is well written. It is also very well translated. At no point did I feel like I was reading a translation or missing parts of the story due to translation losses. I picked it up because my favourite tennis player spoke positively about it and... I suppose this was not meant for me.

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Aditi Verma@mixedblessings89
2 stars
Aug 28, 2022

Interesting, but this is not a fantasy fiction book. I found it too slow and had to coax myself to read further at times, while at other times I forgot about it entirely. I'm sure there are many who would enjoy it, and it is well written. It is also very well translated. At no point did I feel like I was reading a translation or missing parts of the story due to translation losses. I picked it up because my favourite tennis player spoke positively about it and... I suppose this was not meant for me.

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Bec Taylor@becinthelibrary
2 stars
Mar 1, 2022

I usually find Allende's work so luscious, such page turners, but this just didn't grab me. There were flashes of her usual brilliance but in general I found this foray into YA disappointing.

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Emir Andrés Ibañez@erasibanez
4 stars
Dec 14, 2021

Una historia cargada de aventuras y magia en lo más profundo de la selva amazónica! De algún modo me lo terminé creyendo. Para mí, todo lo que pasó aquí es real! No le puse 5 estrellas nomas porque en teoría es un libro juvenil pero la prosa de Allende no lo es. Ya me explicaré mejor en el canal.

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Laura @shadowchu
5 stars
Sep 26, 2021

Kept me on edge. I felt like I was Indiana Jones reading this, such an adventure and the way they describe everything I could clearly imagine the details of every scene. Definitely recommend if you like adventurous stories in the wild and beasts.

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Carolina Santos@carolsd
3 stars
Sep 24, 2021

2 edit: Nevermind just 3 3.5 actually Edit: [ I thought it through and I'll just give it 3 stars] I really like the beginning, it was easy to read and some part even funny. But it got bored and some parts were very "predictable". Although, I really like the characters. Especially Nadia.

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Luigi Mozzillo@mzll
1 star
Jan 29, 2024
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Sara Vasilescu@keepondreaming
4 stars
Jun 25, 2022
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Júlia Dinis@juliardinis
3 stars
Apr 27, 2022
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Itzel@itzea
4 stars
May 8, 2024
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Martha F.@marthaq
5 stars
Mar 6, 2024
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Adriana Rojas@adrireads
5 stars
Feb 25, 2024
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Carmen Maria@carmen2611
2 stars
Dec 27, 2023
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Adriana Gómez @adri_r
3 stars
Jun 11, 2023
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Fernando Bolaños@odnan20
4 stars
May 23, 2023
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Homar A. Mauras@homaralejandro10
5 stars
Jan 27, 2023
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Jacqueline Jordan @jacjor7
3 stars
Jan 7, 2023
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Micah@siltoile
3 stars
Jan 3, 2023
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Francesca @emar
5 stars
Sep 18, 2022
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Sofia echavarria@sofyech
1 star
Aug 12, 2022
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Andrew Ireland@aireland92
3 stars
Aug 11, 2022
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Paloma@palomacct
3 stars
Jun 29, 2022
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Sara Godoy Higueras@saragodoy
4 stars
Apr 19, 2022
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Kali Olson@kaliobooks
1 star
Mar 9, 2022