Reviews

Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure by Robert Lopez

reflectiverambling_nalana's review

reflective medium-paced

3.5

A really beautiful collection of reminisces about the consequences of assimilation that is not so much resentful as reflective. It is an evaluation of self, development, and experience, that draws to a strange sort of contentment and self assured resolution that still itches a little at the edges. I welcomed this point of view that I'm sure will resonate with the second and third generations who may have not felt themselves heard in a way vastly different than those of people closer to the culture that is just as different and valid as theirs as being vastly different than what is seen as the 'majority' perspective.

mikaelarose's review

emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

As someone with a similar background and situation to Lopez I found his book rather impactful and reaffirming in my experience as Puerto Rican. But at times there was a little too much sports in there for me

kpdoessomereading's review

informative reflective fast-paced

3.0