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Dominicana by Angie Cruz

42 reviews

notjillsanders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A heavy but rewarding read. Surprisingly quick, and if you can get past the lack of quotation marks (seriously Angie Cruz, why), it offers a fantastic, sad, beautiful, honest look into the lives of Dominicanas.

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amymcphrsn's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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sweetpeach's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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heartsfromella's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-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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joelleen's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

I had a really hard time getting through this story. I appreciate that it is based on real experiences and learned a lot but it was a hard read

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becks_books's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Ana is just one of those characters you want to hug, she has so much hope and warmth to her despite the unthinkable position she's put in.

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solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

4.7

“How many women get to choose who to marry and can truly dictate their own life? As God is my witness, my daughter will have choices.”

It is one thing to read a book about a culture you are learning about, a country you do not know and haven't even seen. It feels like fiction somehow and, to me, it is a way to escape. But this book, god, it felt so real...I know this places...even tho I've never been to New York I understood all the Dominican references, the fact that it was only last year when they finally prohibited child marriage in this country, the fact that there are many Ana's in this country, suffering with no one to tell their story makes this book such a jewel.

The talk about all the shit happening after Trujillos's death and April's battle, holy shit. It reminded of something I read form Neruda:
Cuarenta y cinco mil hijos de perra,
Bajaron con sus armas y sus cuentos,
Con ametralladoras y cuchillos
Con objetivos claros y concretos:
"Poner en libertad a los ladrones,
Y a los demás hay que meterlos presos". –Versainograma a Santo Domingo

I will truly recommend this book to everyone but specially if you grew up here in DR of if you grew in New York...give it a try

'kay, I'm out
Bye

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