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The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas

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dreaming_ace's review

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4.0

A wide range of interesting tales of Cuba and Cubans. Helped warm me on a cold and rainy day.

kestrellady's review

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A volume of short stories exploring life in Cuba and in the US as an immigrant from Cuba. Not my favorite short story collection, but there were a couple that were really evocative.

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emilyyjjean's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

eleniphant's review

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challenging reflective

3.0

I do love the writing style and I think there’s a lot of poignant observations and themes covered in these short stories.
A lot of the short stories ended a bit too abruptly for me, I was often left thinking there was meant to be more, cutting off kind of unsatisfying.
In the collection I would say maybe 2-3 were memorable to me.

atuin's review

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challenging fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Most of these stories focus on the feeling of alienation that people who left Cuba feel, fully belonging neither to the U.S or to Cuba. The last two stories focused on how the physical body can interfere with our own aspirations.