A review by adeleighpenguin
The Squatter and the Don by Maria A. Ruiz De Burton, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton

2.0

Interesting historically. Terrible in reading. Boring, dull characters. You can tell the author has a lot to say politically, and I suppose the characters work as allegory, but not for 300+ pages. I’m mostly just relieved it’s over. Big yikes at the descriptions of African Americans and Native Americans, and the emphasis on the whiteness/blue eyes of Mercedes. I’m glad I read it, I suppose, but I’d rather point someone in the direction of a history textbook. It would read the same without the clunky bits.