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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Too fantastic
Fernando Trujillo clearly loves fantasy and mystery. He balances very well fantasy with a claim to reality. That makes his novels so enticing and exciting. This time, however, I find the fantasy is a bit too much pushed towards irreality. Nevertheless, I was unable to quit reading it until the end, so much my curiosity was raised. Good novel. His Spanish is very...
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars good story, poorly written
The device of the Volkswagon and the plot have the makings of a good story. Unfortunately, the reading level is for children, or intermediate level Spanish students, although they also deserve better writing. Trujillo missed the opportunity to develop complexity in both characters and plot.
El uso del Volkswagon y la trama son base para un buen cuento...
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Too fantastic, November 15, 2010
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This review is from: El secreto del tío Óscar (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Fernando Trujillo clearly loves fantasy and mystery. He balances very well fantasy with a claim to reality. That makes his novels so enticing and exciting. This time, however, I find the fantasy is a bit too much pushed towards irreality. Nevertheless, I was unable to quit reading it until the end, so much my curiosity was raised. Good novel. His Spanish is very conversational, excellent for those who want to learn present spoken Spanish (in Spain, at least).
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Buena historia de misterio, September 30, 2010
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This review is from: El secreto del tío Óscar (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Cuando uno ve un libro por $0.99 puede suponer que es un intento desesperado por vender. Pero este no es el caso. Diariamente descargo varios "samples" antes de comprar, incluso aunque cueste noventa y nueve centavos, y desafortunadamente en numerosas ocasiones no me llega a "enganchar" para decidir comprar -incluso en obras más caras.
"El secreto del tío Oscar" es una novela corta dónde se mezcla la fantasía en una historia de misterio. Está escrita con tanta profesionalidad, que cuesta creer que el autor no ha pasado cursos de redacción o de escritura creativa (como afirma en su blog); así de intrigada me quedé de quién era Fernando Trujillo Saenz.
En resumen: es una buena historia de intriga en la que el lector tiene una pista desde el inicio de qué se trata, pero la trama toma nuevos giros imprevistos que mantienen la tensión. La recomiendo en especial a lectores jóvenes.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesante, realmente entretenido, July 22, 2010
This review is from: El secreto del tío Óscar (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Fue uno de los primeros libros que compré para el Kindle. Me habían hablado muy bien de Trujillo a raíz de su libro "Juego de Alas" y no tuve duda de comprar este. Entretenido y con un ritmo de lectura agradable y sin recargar.

Por ponerle una pega: Se me ha hecho corto.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Una buena historia de suspense, June 16, 2010
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Es una novela de suspense con elementos fantásticos muy entretenida, con un argumento original y un desenlace sorprendente, escrita con un estilo directo y natural que mantiene el interés de principio a fin y realmente hace disfrutar de la lectura. De las más recomendables de este género que he leído últimamente.
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mystery at a bargain price, September 17, 2010
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John H. Mitnick (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm trying to learn Spanish, so I downloaded this book since it was so inexpensive. It turned out to be fairly easy to understand Spanish, and the story really pulls you in - I couldn't stop reading, kept wanting to find out more of the strange things going on with the car Lucas had inherited from his uncle. There's also an interesting discussion of the game of mus, a Spanish card game, which is like a cross between bridge and poker. I really enjoyed this book.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars good story, poorly written, October 2, 2010
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The device of the Volkswagon and the plot have the makings of a good story. Unfortunately, the reading level is for children, or intermediate level Spanish students, although they also deserve better writing. Trujillo missed the opportunity to develop complexity in both characters and plot.
El uso del Volkswagon y la trama son base para un buen cuento. Desgraciadamente, el nivel del vocablo es de niños, ó estudiantes del español nivel intermedio, aunque ellos también merecen mejor escritura. Trujillo mal gasta la oportunidad de crear personaje y trama complejos.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Buen libro, el final... so so, October 12, 2010
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Es una buena novela, aunque a decir verdad me decpciono un poco el final. Esperaba algo mas novedoso... recomendable como pasa tiempo.. nada mas.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Should've been a short story, June 7, 2011
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Stephanie Adams (Garfield, New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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I felt like I was reading juvenile fiction, very simplistic. I was pretty disappointed, but hey, it was ninety nine cents, so maybe I shouldn't expect it to be high art. It was interesting enough that I wanted to finish the story, but I wasn't too enthusiastic about it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Emocionante y divertida, May 14, 2011
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This review is from: El secreto del tío Óscar (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Otro aspecto a destacar de las obras de Trujillo es el toque cómico con el que, de vez en cuando, las adereza. En esta novela hubo momentos en los que, además de verme metido sin escapatoria en el misterio, también me eché unas buenas risas.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Para niños o estudiantes de español, May 6, 2011
This review is from: El secreto del tío Óscar (Spanish Edition) (Kindle Edition)
Un aceptable cuento para niños adolescentes o avanzados estudiantes de español que quieren leer en el Kindle.
Para otros no.

Esei Juuelai
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