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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

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fmpereira's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Not for the faint of heart but what a book! Everyone should read it!
I don’t read a lot of fiction but I devoured this one, is just so good, we can put it down.

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mekowaletti's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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lwelch94's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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camillieni's review

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challenging dark informative sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

it's heavy. very heavy and hard to get through. the characters were so awesome and i really loved them <3

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cecilieferdinand's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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lauravreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

When I first read this book, I came into it blind. I had no idea what it was about and just seemed like an interesting cover. I read via audiobook in Spanish. The narrator was phenomenal, which made a massive difference in how I perceived the story. While listening I really enjoyed the story, it felt very thriller-esk. I was intrigued the whole time and rooting for main characters the whole time.

My original rating was 5/5 as I was very engrossed in the novel and enjoyed it at the time. However upon reading more about the Author and the inaccuracies depicted in this book, I bumped it down to 1/5. There area a lot of harmful stereotypes within this book. The author is also a White woman (her grandmother is Puerto Rican but she was never in touch with that culture). It is so important for white authors not to appropriate others cultures. This is seen in so many novels when the MC is a person of color but written by a white person. This is super problematic as it takes away from more authentic stories written by people who are actually sharing their culture. I feel that it could have been appropriate for Cummins to write about the Puerto Rican plight and have her grandmother be a source for the novel. However, she chose to write about something’s that she is completely removed from.

My family immigrated to the States from Colombia in 2001, I was just 5 years old. While I still hold a lot of my heritage and culture, I am still a product of the American school system. I speak Spanish conversationally and have no difficulty understanding (aside from certain dialects having different words). Most of my knowledge of Mexican Culture comes from my high school best friend whose Parents immigrated to the States while they were pregnant with my friend.

While listening to this book, I took it as a work of fiction and was (and still am) very uneducated regarding the cartel in Mexico. Since I listened to this book in Spanish I did not experience any of the inaccuracies that have been brought up in other reviews.

I want to thank David Bowles for his review on Goodreads to educate those who are interested in this book.

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