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annoyedbabe's review
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
sucks when you're stuck somewhere and the only thing to do is read a slow boring book...
rebelbelle13's review
1.0
I tried with this one. I really did. I found it very distracting when the author would swap between the grandmother and the grandchild- both women were so similar, I forgot who I was reading about, and I had to go back a few pages to make sure I was imagining the right person. There was really no distinction between the two, except their locations. Certain non-important events were dragged out and described in lavish details- like the bus ride in the beginning of the novel- and other events, like the birth and death of a child- were glossed over with hardly a few sentences. What the author chose to write about baffled me, and I quickly lost interest. Life is too short- I'm moving on to something more enjoyable.
anniestar's review
2.0
This book says nothing. It is written in a way that makes it seem like it’s smart, but it’s slow and pretentious. It feels like a self-insert, as the author similarly grew up in South America, much like the main character. I can handle the back and forth perspectives, because it’s a style of other contemporary authors. But overall, I would not recommend!
tracyjw66's review
4.0
I can relate to being on a windy, scary road on a chicken bus. I can relate to the smell of wood smoke and dung fires. I have seen and used padlocks on front doors of casitas. I felt at home here in this Peru, although I've never been there.