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A review by t2p
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
3.0
Rounding up from 2.5 stars.
I *really* wanted to love this one more than I did, especially since I enjoyed her first book. I listened to this one, and I didn't like the narrator at all. I did like hearing the Spanish and some of the other sounds, but I definitely didn't follow it as well. Plus, I missed out on the map. This was supposed to be related to her first book (The Last Cuentista) but the connection in the epilogue was tenuous even for someone who read the first book. It just felt unnecessary. The pacing was also off. The action definitely picks up in the second half, but I almost gave up at halfway through.
I *really* wanted to love this one more than I did, especially since I enjoyed her first book. I listened to this one, and I didn't like the narrator at all. I did like hearing the Spanish and some of the other sounds, but I definitely didn't follow it as well. Plus, I missed out on the map. This was supposed to be related to her first book (The Last Cuentista) but the connection in the epilogue was tenuous even for someone who read the first book. It just felt unnecessary. The pacing was also off. The action definitely picks up in the second half, but I almost gave up at halfway through.