Reviews

Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

readingindreams's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

saraanneb3's review

5.0

Wow! This book. Amazing, stunning, heartbreaking. The writing is gripping, the story is riveting, and the characters are fully-fleshed and vivid.
This book is going to haunt me.

mettetta's review

5.0

This book was absolutely stunning. The story of two young girls in Colombia during Pablo Escobar's reign of terror. Chula is the daughter of affluent parents, traumatized by the events around her. Petrona, a girl from an invasión, comes to work for Chula's family, and hurtles the family toward disaster and heartbreak.

isabelorlie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Really amazing book. The author did an amazing job at capturing a child’s perspective in very difficult situations, because she lived them.

llayaz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

allarminda's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

agrinavich's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

khuizenga's review

4.0

This book is told through a child’s eyes but captures the nuance and impossible choices around kidnapping and militarized groups in Columbia. It’s a snapshot into a story and time that I had little knowledge of. It was well done, but it took me a long time to read due to the weighty topic while also not being suspenseful or particularly plot driven.

teresa42's review

3.0

3.5 A sad, moving and dramatic story based on true events. An unsettling life for all of the families trying to hold together.

rholzer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0