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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
“If anyone wanted to create a symbol or a flag for our piece of earth on Earth it should be a plastic flip flop.”
This one knocked the wind right out of me. Picked up sight-unseen based on an interesting cover and a commitment to read more women of color... I feel like I hit the lottery. Clement’s characters come to life and their state of heightened fear is palpable.
This one knocked the wind right out of me. Picked up sight-unseen based on an interesting cover and a commitment to read more women of color... I feel like I hit the lottery. Clement’s characters come to life and their state of heightened fear is palpable.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
«یه نفر یه تور روی این مملکت انداخته و همه ما توش گیر افتادیم».
درد و رنجی که این داستان ازش حرف میزنه خیلی خیلی چیز ناملموسیه برای من خواننده. از طرفی نویسنده هم با انتخاب راوی‌ای که خودش ناظری بر کل این ماجراست و از حاشیه با موضوع برخورد داره - هر چند همواره سایۀ رنج موصوف زوی سر خودش هم پرواز می‌کنه - این عدم لمس و درک داستان رو چند برابر می کنه.
درد و رنجی که این داستان ازش حرف میزنه خیلی خیلی چیز ناملموسیه برای من خواننده. از طرفی نویسنده هم با انتخاب راوی‌ای که خودش ناظری بر کل این ماجراست و از حاشیه با موضوع برخورد داره - هر چند همواره سایۀ رنج موصوف زوی سر خودش هم پرواز می‌کنه - این عدم لمس و درک داستان رو چند برابر می کنه.
I couldn’t stop laughing while I was reading this sad story. I guess because in Mexico we are always mixing laughter with sadness. Something terrible could happen but a joke at the end is always said, and a laugh and some beer. What else is there?
I had a dream about this book last night. I rarely dream about the books I read but I guess it was that real in my head or something.
As I kept reading it got harder to laugh even though ladydi’s mom has a habit of making me laugh. But as the pages crept on it made me sick to my stomach. So many true stories like this one. They are just little girls most of the time, the stolen women. They are always just little girls, when they get raped and abused and taken from their home, when they burn cigarettes onto their skin, when they go to jail for crimes they did not commit or if they did for crimes they had no choice but to commit, they are always just little girls when they die too.
My mom is also from a small town in the mountains of Mexico. They are not the same mountains from the story, in Guerrero that mothers dig holes for their daughters to hide in from the narcos but all of the mountains of Mexico are covered in narcos, like ants. Things are whispered about in silence but everything is always talked about, even what cannot be said, even what shouldn’t be said.
I knew this story or a version of this story was true before I looked up interviews with Jennifer clement. I knew because there is always violence against women. The stories about violence against women is always true. Jennifer clement interviewed many women who were trafficked and doctors too and they all told her about these towns where the men have left and all there is left is each other, the dirt, the jungle and the fear of narcos coming to steal pretty girls.
Read this book. This was beautiful and heartbreaking, engrossing and repulsive, poetry poetry poetry, eye opening and confirmation, sad and true. Sometimes it feels like no matter what country you’re in, it’s a crime to be born a woman.
Varastettujen rukousten vuori sijoittuu meksikolaiseen pikkukylään Acapulcon lähettyvillä, josta kaikki miehet ovat kaikonneet pois ja jossa tytöt piiloutuvat pieniin maakoloihin huumeparoneilta, jotka sieppaavat heidät mukaansa ilman toiveita paluusta. Ainoastaan yksi tyttö, Ladydin ystävä Paula, palaa takaisin, mutta hänkään ei ole entisellään koettelemuksensa jälkeen. Teoksen kertojaäänenä toimii Ladydi, tyttö, joka pääsee kylästä töihin Acapulcoon, mutta jolle kohtalo on suunnitellut toisenlaisen polun.
Varastettujen rukousten vuori on karu kuvaus Meksikosta, jossa huumeparonit hallitsevat tiettyjä alueita ja jossa nuoret tytöt yrittävät näyttää mahdollisimman rumilta välttääkseen katoamasta heidän verkostoonsa. Teoksen taustasävy on surumielinen, sillä kaikki asiat viestivät vaaraa tai ovat huonoja enteitä. Hyviinkin asioihin saattaa kätkeytyä ansa, joten mihinkään ei voi luottaa. Teos on kerrottu täysin Ladydin näkökulmasta, mikä on hyvä ratkaisu, sillä erilaiset kirjassa esiintyvät tunteet ja tilanteet tuntuvat sen vuoksi aidommilta. Kirja tarjoaa myös kiinnostavan näkökulman naisten maailmaan Meksikossa ja siihen, miten elämä ei aina ole oikeudenmukaista. Kokonaisuutena hyvin toteutettu teos, joka laittaa ajattelemaan. Annan tälle 4 tähteä.
Varastettujen rukousten vuori on karu kuvaus Meksikosta, jossa huumeparonit hallitsevat tiettyjä alueita ja jossa nuoret tytöt yrittävät näyttää mahdollisimman rumilta välttääkseen katoamasta heidän verkostoonsa. Teoksen taustasävy on surumielinen, sillä kaikki asiat viestivät vaaraa tai ovat huonoja enteitä. Hyviinkin asioihin saattaa kätkeytyä ansa, joten mihinkään ei voi luottaa. Teos on kerrottu täysin Ladydin näkökulmasta, mikä on hyvä ratkaisu, sillä erilaiset kirjassa esiintyvät tunteet ja tilanteet tuntuvat sen vuoksi aidommilta. Kirja tarjoaa myös kiinnostavan näkökulman naisten maailmaan Meksikossa ja siihen, miten elämä ei aina ole oikeudenmukaista. Kokonaisuutena hyvin toteutettu teos, joka laittaa ajattelemaan. Annan tälle 4 tähteä.
I have no doubt that most of what is described
as life in poorer Mexican neighborhoods is
true, it makes for sad, fairly horrific reading.
The first half of the book seems to be vignettes
more or less, but as you get into the second
half it is tied together as one ghastly story.
It's presented as fairly casual observations by
a young woman, someone who does not ever
really seemed fazed by events. That is the
puzzling part to me. So mundane.
as life in poorer Mexican neighborhoods is
true, it makes for sad, fairly horrific reading.
The first half of the book seems to be vignettes
more or less, but as you get into the second
half it is tied together as one ghastly story.
It's presented as fairly casual observations by
a young woman, someone who does not ever
really seemed fazed by events. That is the
puzzling part to me. So mundane.
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
