Scan barcode
A review by emmkayt
Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis
4.0
Seventeen year-old Luisa, coming of age in Mexico City in 1988, runs away to the beach on a whim with an older boy she has a crush on (on the premise of looking for some missing Ukrainian dwarfs she read about in the newspaper), in this dreamy, intellectual short novel. Luisa’s imagination is readily captured by others and by her surroundings, but when reality intrudes on her projections, it inevitably disappoints.
I enjoyed Aridjis’ writing very much once I got into the swing of things. Her descriptions of Mexico City, especially Roma, in the 80s were lovely, and she captured self-centred, imaginative female adolescence well. Warning: not for you if you want much to happen though! It’s not that kind of book.
I enjoyed Aridjis’ writing very much once I got into the swing of things. Her descriptions of Mexico City, especially Roma, in the 80s were lovely, and she captured self-centred, imaginative female adolescence well. Warning: not for you if you want much to happen though! It’s not that kind of book.