I honestly don't know how to feel about this book. 
 The writing flows well and while it's always hard to judge the writing style when it comes to translations, I really appreciated the ominous, nightmarish atmosphere that the author created. 
 We follow a young woman who is dying in a rural hospital in a small Argentinian town, as she narrates the events that led to her predicament to a young boy sitting by her side. 
 The way the novel is constructed makes it slightly hard to follow - what is a dream and what is real? What happened to this woman? 
 We cannot fully trust everything that the narrator tells us and the book keeps guessing until the end. 
 There were some unresolved issues and the fact that it was impossible to tell what was really happening that kept me from giving it more than 3 stars, even though I appreciate the trippy feel of the book. 
 It's also too short to do any character development and I'm the type of reader who needs to feel connected to the characters or at least understand their motives or what drives them, and the book failed to provide the answers that I sought. 
 It's a very strange and yet ultimately moving novel with themes of environmental pollution and the relationship between a mother and their child. 
 The talk about "rescue distance" and the mother/daughter relationship was without a doubt my favorite part of the novel. 
 I'm glad that I read it, but I doubt that I'd read it again. 
 In conclusion, a "what the hell was this" 3 stars.