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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
top 5 fave book in style, format, content, character, everything.
dark
emotional
reflective
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Listened to this as an audiobook and glad for it — feels so special to hear the author’s own voice. Blown away by the wordplay, and I wish I was as cool as her — that relentless hipness sometimes grated, but overall this was such a beautiful and honest account intertwining so many themes relevant now — immigration, race, genocide and the landscape left behind.
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
I wasn't enjoying this at all and then the character of the boy totally redeemed it for me. He is so smart and resourceful and he cares so much for his sister! Also if you listen to those parts on the audio, the actor reads him really well and the script includes special captions for the photographic portion at the end of the book, which you don't get if you are only using the printed format. This won't be for everyone because the first 200 pages are pretty dry and the structure is somewhat experimental, but by the end I was captivated.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-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
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
De voorlezer bracht het nog minder boeiend, wel mooie zinnen, maar de boodschap was erg onduidelijk
Letto metà dall'edizione italiana cartacea, tradotta da Tommaso Pincio per la nuova frontiera, e metà in inglese su audiolibro, narrato dall'autrice Valeria Luiselli e da Kivlighan de Montebello.
Recensione da scrivere
Recensione da scrivere
I received this book as an ARC from netgalley and I am not sure if i would have picked it up in a bookshop but I am very glad I have had the opportunity to read it.
This is a book with the most interesting narrative style that I have read for a long time. None of the characters are named although the children both use nicknames with each other. There are stories within stories some of which were difficult to grasp but all of which drove the narrative forward. The characters take on a journey in more ways than one. Quite apart from the journeys to record a "soundscape" of native Americans or examine the plight of children lost in their escape from Mexico to America there is a personal journey on the part of the characters.
It is very complex at times I felt they were selfless and encompassed life in the ways they interacted with each other and at times it felt as though they were very selfish.
There was a point in the book when I felt it lost its way a little - where the boy started to tell the story to the girl but the author did bring it back and i can see why it was done this way.
I am not sure how i would categorise this book - perhaps "Faction" as it reads as a novel with a strong basis in fact
This is a book with the most interesting narrative style that I have read for a long time. None of the characters are named although the children both use nicknames with each other. There are stories within stories some of which were difficult to grasp but all of which drove the narrative forward. The characters take on a journey in more ways than one. Quite apart from the journeys to record a "soundscape" of native Americans or examine the plight of children lost in their escape from Mexico to America there is a personal journey on the part of the characters.
It is very complex at times I felt they were selfless and encompassed life in the ways they interacted with each other and at times it felt as though they were very selfish.
There was a point in the book when I felt it lost its way a little - where the boy started to tell the story to the girl but the author did bring it back and i can see why it was done this way.
I am not sure how i would categorise this book - perhaps "Faction" as it reads as a novel with a strong basis in fact