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sofi_thebookishflor's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I finished this book today and I didn't realize that the whole time I was reading this book I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, because all the stories we hear about migrants are always so tragic, but this one, at the end is hopeful.
This story feel real, and yes, there are tragic things that happened, things are of course sad a lot of the times, but they are also beautiful and hopeful.
This is the story of a family from Colombia how life was, is and will be for the family, how traveling to the US for better opportunities is really like, how they actually have to live and survive and it begs the question, what is a better opportunity really?
It also made me question of what really is a border? What are the limits? Who gets to stay or go? Who gets to decide these things? What is fair? Who deserves help? So many complex questions but most of all, what makes us? Is it our nationality? Our language? Our tradition? Our family?
What I liked most of this book is that the characters are complex, no villans, no heroes, just complicated people, with complicated choices to make.
So many stories about immigration feel like caricatures, this feels real. Definitely read.
This story feel real, and yes, there are tragic things that happened, things are of course sad a lot of the times, but they are also beautiful and hopeful.
This is the story of a family from Colombia how life was, is and will be for the family, how traveling to the US for better opportunities is really like, how they actually have to live and survive and it begs the question, what is a better opportunity really?
It also made me question of what really is a border? What are the limits? Who gets to stay or go? Who gets to decide these things? What is fair? Who deserves help? So many complex questions but most of all, what makes us? Is it our nationality? Our language? Our tradition? Our family?
What I liked most of this book is that the characters are complex, no villans, no heroes, just complicated people, with complicated choices to make.
So many stories about immigration feel like caricatures, this feels real. Definitely read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
xolobooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Rape, Deportation, and Sexual assault
erinmcav's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
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? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism and Racism
loryyyy's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racial slurs
Minor: Mass/school shootings and Suicide
ashleye1991's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
embakem's review against another edition
emotional
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Sexual assault
emilyeehaw's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
4.0
even though it felt like it took me far too long to finish this book, i’m also glad i got to spend so much time with the story.
i really enjoyed the perspectives from all the family members and their experiences with immigration and being separated from one another. definitely a very heavy book but also so important in its content. even heavier to think that this is what millions of people have gone through and continue to go through trying to live in the u.s.
i didn’t expect to cry at the end but i sure did. the relationship between talia and mauro, her dad, really got to me, what can i say!
the author had a great writing style and managed to pack a lot in less than 200 pages.
i really enjoyed the perspectives from all the family members and their experiences with immigration and being separated from one another. definitely a very heavy book but also so important in its content. even heavier to think that this is what millions of people have gone through and continue to go through trying to live in the u.s.
i didn’t expect to cry at the end but i sure did. the relationship between talia and mauro, her dad, really got to me, what can i say!
the author had a great writing style and managed to pack a lot in less than 200 pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault
essie__reads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
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? No
5.0
This book follows the members of one undocumented Colombian family, as they navigate the experience of family members deportation from the United States and the hardships they face while trying to reunite and build a better life for their whole family in the United States. The book describes each of the family members experiences in Colombia and/or the United States, as they go through life facing the challenges of living as a family separated between Colombia and America. Mauro and Talia, father and the youngest daughter, living in Colombia together. While Elena, Karina, and Nando live in America- waiting for their sister and husband to join them. It describes Mauro and Elena's love story and how they were able to move to Texas and all of the events leading up to Mauro's deportation and the decision to send Talia to Colombia with her father. Elena, Mauro, and Talia have to make difficult decisions to leave the country they have known and loved in order to seek new and safer oppurtunities in America and reunite as a family, all while risking deportation. Their journeys depict challenges of living undocumented including struggles to find affordable and safe housing, racism, sexual assault, and the daily fears of deportation.
I would definitely recommend this book. It opened my eyes to a lot of the challenges undocumented immigrants may go through. I listened to the audiobook and did not enjoy the narrator, so I'd recommend reading a print or ebook copy.
I would definitely recommend this book. It opened my eyes to a lot of the challenges undocumented immigrants may go through. I listened to the audiobook and did not enjoy the narrator, so I'd recommend reading a print or ebook copy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, War, Grief, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Animal death
ganzareads's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
I understand what the author tried to do, humanising the tragedies behind every migrations stories, and I think she succeeded. However it felt more like a lesson then like literature.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
ashleycmms's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Racism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence