translated by Megan McDowell
published February 7, 2023 from Hogarth/Random House
Our Share of Night is an ambitious, dark, fascinating horror novel that reads like a family saga. It’s one of those books I love more each time I think about it.
It follows Juan and his son Gustav, who are hiding from Gustav’s mother’s family, major players in an international cult that want to use Gustav in their quest for power.
Our Share of Night is a difficult book for me to review, because I feel like there’s so much going on in it that I can’t grasp on a first read through. There are many characters and different viewpoints who didn’t become clear to me until the end, and I don’t have a deep knowledge of Argentinian history and politics to really let me understand the social aspects influencing the horror. But I know I was enthralled by it and very glad I read it.
Although the book is large and the story twisting, the prose is smooth and it was never a difficult read. Any time I felt myself getting a bit bored with the length, Enriquez quickly shifted to a new time period or narrator and kept me from getting too comfortable.
I’m trying to avoid saying too much in this review because part of the pleasure in reading this is discovering what’s going on, piece by piece. I will say it’s very dark, and there is some very haunting imagery, including violence against children, so be careful if that’s not for you.
🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for my review copy of this book.
Leanne Olson 
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