A review by hangyreads
Tropicália: A Novel by Harold Rogers

2.0

I liked Tropicália, but I struggled a lot with the characterization and the pacing of the book. This is the story of a family told from differing points of view all culminating in one fateful new years night. I liked seeing background and choices of the grandparents and parents and how that affected the children. That being said I wish there had been a little more defining of characters. Each characters inner monologue was such a stream of consciousness, especially Daniels. I had trouble if I picked up in the middle of the chapter, sometimes even at the start of a chapter telling who was thinking at the moment because the characters felt too similar in how they communicated their thoughts. It wasn't clear if this was a conscious choice to say something about the characters or not. I also felt like it took half the book for me to get fully invested in the characters and what was happening. Overall I love a book that tackles hard topics, and this is definitely a vulnerable debut from Rogers.