A review by macbrilliance
The Barbarian Nurseries by Héctor Tobar

5.0

I cannot express how much I adored the authors descriptive style of writing. Tangible, rich, luscious. The story itself is intriguing, and i spent the latter half of the book suffering from overwhelming dread and anticipation because there are a lot of unfair, cruel realities in our world, and some of those could have easily come to pass for the protagonist in this book. As it was, i celebrated Araceli's final scene, satisfied with her story arc. As for Maureen and Scott, I wish there had been more consequences for their clueless, selfish and thoughtless behaviour, but again i think this reflects the inequalities that are still unfortunately a Thing in today's society, and how privilege really does effect people. Amazing book, something I wouldn't normally read but I am so very glad i did. Engaging from the start.