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A review by 2treads
Oye by Melissa Mogollon
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I enjoyed this novel a lot. I love epistolary novels, so having this experience with a story being told from phone calls between sisters was great. Luciana is caught between a health conscious mother, a father who barely seems around, and a sister away at college when Irma approaches and her grandmother falls ill.
Through her calls to Mari, we get the whole picture of what Luciana is dealing with and what she is reaching out to her sister for support. We never hear from Mari, but enough is seen from Luciana's perspective that we are totally in the loop as the family drama unfolds. The way Mogollon writes these calls is so realistic that you can't help but get swept away in the story.
Through her calls to Mari, we get the whole picture of what Luciana is dealing with and what she is reaching out to her sister for support. We never hear from Mari, but enough is seen from Luciana's perspective that we are totally in the loop as the family drama unfolds. The way Mogollon writes these calls is so realistic that you can't help but get swept away in the story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Incest and Sexual harassment