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Lima Nights by Marie Arana

Lima Nights

by Marie Arana

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  • Dec 2008, 256 pages
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  • Patricia (New Canaan CT)
    Wanting more
    Despite the promise of an erotic love story, I felt somewhat detached from the story of Carlos and his mistress Maria.

    Because their personalities weren't well developed, they remained characters in a book, not people whose lives I could become involved in and care about . The story seemed to be an age old one of Latin American men being hot blooded and needing to feed their sexual appetite and yet this time Carlos went too far, destroying his entire family. The author wrote about voodoos and hexes which enlivened the plot, and the ending had an unexpected twist, but over all, I felt it lacked passion.
  • Stephanie (Berea OH)
    Lima Nights not very engaging
    I really had to work to force myself to finish this book. It had some interesting and exciting parts, but overall, I was not engaged in the story. I did not find any of the characters likable and was not satisfied with the ending.
  • Midwest Reader (Fort Wayne IN)
    I wanted to like it, but.......
    Having read and really enjoyed Marie Arana's "Cellophane", I was looking forward to "Lima Nights". Unfortunately, it did not live up to expectations. I found the characters self-involved and rather pathetic. I couldn't bring myself to care about any of them, least of all the main character, Bluhm. Hopefully, Arana will get back on track with more plot-driven novels like "Cellophane".
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