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A review by lediamond4
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
dark
sad
medium-paced
3.0
A horrifying, yet important story.
I struggled a LOT with the inconsistent writing style. At times it was very stilted and textbooky. Other times, it was cutting and harshly critical of the grave mistreatment and overall misunderstanding of immigrants. There’s a lot of heat in this book and it’s very much deserved. It tells the story of a tragedy that could have been prevented. I didn’t mind either style, but it was difficult to move back and forth between the two.
I struggled a LOT with the inconsistent writing style. At times it was very stilted and textbooky. Other times, it was cutting and harshly critical of the grave mistreatment and overall misunderstanding of immigrants. There’s a lot of heat in this book and it’s very much deserved. It tells the story of a tragedy that could have been prevented. I didn’t mind either style, but it was difficult to move back and forth between the two.