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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Zac will be reading this in school, and although there’s some girl stuff, I hope he’ll feel that it’s not a book in which “nothing happens.” (That was his description of Her Eyes Were Watching God.)
I enjoyed this book, there should be more Hispanic characters in books tbh
Anita never questioned her own freedom in her country, the Dominican Republic. But then things slowly start becoming more and more oppressive.
Pura Belpre Award, 2004.
Pura Belpre Award, 2004.
MUST READ!!! What a powerful book written so beautifully!!
"Mrs. Brown always says that writing makes a person more thoughtful and interesting. I don't know about interesting, but the diary I got for Christmas is sure making me think about a lot of things. ... Before I wrote all this out, I really didn't know I felt this way deep down. "
Pg. 42
"It's so unfair to have to live in a country where you have to do stuff you feel bad about in order to save your life. " pg.75
"You can't be brave if you're not scared." pg. 93
Pg. 42
"It's so unfair to have to live in a country where you have to do stuff you feel bad about in order to save your life. " pg.75
"You can't be brave if you're not scared." pg. 93
sad
slow-paced
4 1/2 rating.
I love history of all kinds in novels, fiction or non. I’ve not heard of Rafael Trujillo until this book and looked on Google about him and his son. I thought it was very disturbing with what they did to their country, and everyone should educate themselves about it.
As for the book, my only tiny complaint was the beginning was a little slow. Other than that, it gets interesting to me about the 40 page mark. Then things start picking up pretty fast.
I know some people say that the main character had too mature of a voice, but you have to think about what she was going through. She pretty much was forced to grow up so you’re going to be more mature, especially since she was learning the more descriptive details of what was going on and realizing what sort of danger her and her family was in.
Sad, historic, and learning about different ways of life and time periods make me recommend this.
I love history of all kinds in novels, fiction or non. I’ve not heard of Rafael Trujillo until this book and looked on Google about him and his son. I thought it was very disturbing with what they did to their country, and everyone should educate themselves about it.
As for the book, my only tiny complaint was the beginning was a little slow. Other than that, it gets interesting to me about the 40 page mark. Then things start picking up pretty fast.
I know some people say that the main character had too mature of a voice, but you have to think about what she was going through. She pretty much was forced to grow up so you’re going to be more mature, especially since she was learning the more descriptive details of what was going on and realizing what sort of danger her and her family was in.
Sad, historic, and learning about different ways of life and time periods make me recommend this.