# Week 16 | La Ciudad de las Bestias **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [July 5, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776 "2024-07-05T17:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Micki](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/micki/32/8805_2.png) [@Micki](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Micki)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/1 "2024-07-05T17:35:25Z")
![image](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d041da00d097789de59a3972a797e0b318833c9f.jpeg) ## Book Club Links 📚 [Natively page](https://learnnatively.com/book/162b4d17b7/) [Spanish fiction bookclub](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/spanish-fiction-bookclub-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/6331) [Homepage La Ciudad de las Bestias](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/homepage-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias-bookclub/7028) [Collaborative google sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DeW_hdB5x14g28Qpsq3Q3EVvkxRDBlBk8Y4FEXcWzyA/edit#gid=0) | Chapter | Start date | Title | End page | Pgs in Ch. | Wk # | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17 | 1 Jul | El pájaro caníbal | 274 | 12 | 16 | ## Discussion Guidelines - Spoilers should always be hidden using spoiler blur. - When discussing a specific section, please mention where you are in the book so people reading different versions have a clear point of reference. - Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting, but please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week. - If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That’s a welcome part of the discussion too, and other readers will be happy to help. - Even if you don’t read the chapter(s) in time, you are still encouraged to post your thoughts. - The google sheets is here to help you with vocab, grammar and anything else you might need. Feel free to add to it! Are you joining us for week 16? _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Micki](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/micki/32/8805_2.png) [@Micki](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Micki)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/2 "2024-07-06T20:30:23Z")
> **Chapter 17** > > What a great twist, although I suddenly have no idea what to think! Certainly Omayra now seems very suspicious. Is Mauro really plan to wipe out the tribe by injecting them with some kind of poison under the pretence of vaccinating them? It seems such a simple trap! > > Have the kids just got things wrong and become conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers? Is Karakawe the good guy and has spotted something odd about the vaccines? > > The ability to make oneself invisible without needing an invisibility cloak seems very handy. > > I learned a new phrase - if something happens _sin novedad_ then it happens “without incident”. I also liked the word _corozonada_ - a hunch or a feeling (presumably coming from the _corazón_ rather than the brain). > > When the Swiss Army knife had all it’s tools out it turned into an _erizo_ (hedgehog) - I liked that description! > > And there was a Dracula reference for @eefara 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/3 "2024-07-06T22:51:22Z")
> [@Micki](#): > > And there was a Dracula reference for @eefara 😃 Oh, remind me what the reference was? 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Micki](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/micki/32/8805_2.png) [@Micki](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Micki)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/4 "2024-07-07T10:25:58Z")
Sabía de gente que teme las inyecciones, pero la cara de Carías era como si hubiera visto a Drácula. 🧛‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-16-la-ciudad-de-las-bestias/9776/5 "2024-07-07T12:05:28Z")
Ah, thank you! I remember that now! Amazing how such a simple choice of words can bring a smile to my face, haha.