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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
I loved the non-linear timeline and I feel that the story greatly benefited from this aspect. I hate how little I knew about immigration before reading this book but it is a must read if you want to learn more.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Please read this book. I don’t have the words to describe how tragically beautiful this book was, please read it.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
On the heels of 15-year-old Talia breaking out of a correctional facility run by nuns in the mountains of Colombia, Infinite Country takes an intimate look at a mixed-status family separated for decades between Bogotá, Colombia and the U.S., who endure the twists and turns of the choices they make in hopes of refuge.
This multi-layered literary novel is under 200 pages and packs the punch, reading like nonfiction and showing the effects of criminalizing and/or stripping away the humanity from people in various situations, relegating them to an "other" or seeing through them altogether. Patricia Engel beautifully adds sprinkles of allegory through carried Andean mythology throughout. Sometimes all we have left is the stories we retain to get us through.
This multi-layered literary novel is under 200 pages and packs the punch, reading like nonfiction and showing the effects of criminalizing and/or stripping away the humanity from people in various situations, relegating them to an "other" or seeing through them altogether. Patricia Engel beautifully adds sprinkles of allegory through carried Andean mythology throughout. Sometimes all we have left is the stories we retain to get us through.
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was one of those short books that felt like the author found the sweet spot of telling a story in a beautiful concise way without anything extra. A heartbreaking story of a family torn apart for years by American immigration policy and the lengths they go to remain a family and get back together. I found this novel particularly interesting having read Jonathan Blitzer’s nonfiction book “Everyone Who is Gone Is Here” earlier in the year where he covers the migration crisis in great detail through investigative journalism.
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated