Review of 'La memoria de la lavanda' by Reyes Monforte

“La memoria de la lavanda” is a romantic novel written by Spanish author Reyes Monforte.

The work was published in 2018 by the publishing house Plaza & Janés. Since its publishing, this book has encountered all kinds of readers, including those with favorable, mixed, and negative opinions. The former praise the reverence to mourning, the latter, reproach the length.

The latter is due to the fact that, according to their criteria, either “La memoria de la lavanda” has more pages than it needs, or there is no story to tell. On the other hand, the more positive opinions claim that this title by Reyes Monforte perfectly frames the author's feelings about death and grief, bringing these concepts to realistic fiction.

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