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dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book isn’t something I would necessarily recommend because of the themes it covers but I thought it was beautifully written and a really interesting reflective perspective was taken throughout the novel. I loved the part that ethnicity, culture and language played in it. It explored a lot of social problems in depth through the eyes of a character who had experienced a lot of hardship and also the lasting mental impact they can leave on a person. I was really pleased that the ending was so positive especially after such an emotionally turbulent book and I found it fit the pace and style of the writing well I wish i could read spanish so I could have understood the few fragments of it that were written in it.
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death
Moderate: Violence and Drug abuse
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