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I hugged this novel when I finished and said to myself this one is a favorites.
Where do I begin? This was an emotional, moving historical fiction that gave me goosebumps. It’s center was about the dirty war in Argentina. I’m a European American descendant that knew nothing about about this because of my ignorance. It’s told in dual time lines and I was pulled right in. I’m was excited, nervous and scared to face the ending. All the feels, right? As things unfolded in this narrative it just got better and better.
This ended up being deeply moving to me and I want everyone to read the talent this author shared about her ability to tell a great novel. Please don’t miss out on this one.
I chose to listen to this book on audio and it was narrated by Paula Christensen. She did an outstanding job and I highly recommend listening to it.
Please read this novel. It was good.
Thanks Hackett Audio via NetGalley.
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I really enjoyed this dual timeline historical fiction novel set during the beginning of Argentina's "Dirty War" in the 1970s as one young couple falls in love and is later torn apart. Fast forward to 1998 and Paloma is a young college student helping her father celebrate a new diplomatic appointment. A trip to Buenos Aires leads Paloma on a search into her past where she uncovers family secrets that will change her life forever. It was great getting to learn more about Argentina's history. I didn't know much at all plus the added family saga was an extra layer that gave the story more depth. Great on audio and highly recommended. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my advance listening copy in exchange for an honest review.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨!

A great read for fans of historical fiction, with dual timelines set during 1990s and 1970s this wonderful story will take you to a brutal part of Argentinian history. I felt the story started out a but slow, but by the end I couldn’t stop listening, the audio was fantastic.

Thank you NetGalley and Hachette Audio for this ALC.

On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark released March 1, 2022.

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦: 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺.

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I enjoyed this. I loved the alternating timelines between 1990 and 1970 and it taught me so much about the Argentina war. I was impressed by this debut author and look forward to see what else she writes. I just wish I could connect/get invested in the characters more.

Story: I liked this story a lot more than I thought I would. Historical fiction is not typical genre of choice, but the cover and Argentinian connection sparked my curiosity. The story alternates between 1998 where, Paloma, daughter to a wealthy Argentinian diplomat, is trying to find out the secrets of her father’s past, and 1976 during her father, Santiago’s, university days. The story is engaging and provides a lot of history of conflicts in Argentina (the author interviewed many sons and daughters of the “Disappeared”.) There is discussion about war and torture. At the end of each chapter, I just wanted to continue with the storyline I was on, but then would get pulled right back in to the other one. The book kept me curious, although a lot of it was predictable.

Audio: The narration to this book was done really well. The narrator differentiated voices for characters and had nice Spanish pronunciations.

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for this ARC. I really enjoyed this book. I think many of our parents at school would enjoy this story and would suggest it as a book club book.

Excellent audiobook, great narrator, mediocre story? I'm DNF'ing this one at 60%. It could just be me, and with everything going on in the world, reading about war and conflict is just not hitting the spot right now, and, to be honest, the use of flashbacks truly isn't working for me. I think this book is definitely worth revisiting in the future, and my literary fiction-loving people will adore this. I also appreciate how. much this book taught me about Argentine history- especially the fact that it's Argentine and not Argentinian. The flashback sequences are by far the most interesting part of this book, and I wish the author had just stuck to that instead of doing the ever-popular dual timeline that's taking the Historical Fiction world by storm right now.