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Don't Date Rosa Santos
by Nina Moreno
A generational story about family, curses, and the price we pay for our family's prior sacrifices. The weight you feel when your family sacrificed so you could have a better life and how that can limit you, cripple you with fear and anxiety and the desire to overachieve. It was a really atmospheric and wonderful LatinX story and I found myself really enjoying the audiobook.
I will say that there was a surprise sick family member/death and I was not okay with it as I'm at a point in my life where that's a little too close to home (no spoilers). I also wish that we'd have more resolution for Rosa and her mother, a little more discussion about their relationship and how truly messed up it had been in the past and how they were going to see things through in the future.
A quick fun read with some serious emotional heart to it, though!
I will say that there was a surprise sick family member/death and I was not okay with it as I'm at a point in my life where that's a little too close to home (no spoilers). I also wish that we'd have more resolution for Rosa and her mother, a little more discussion about their relationship and how truly messed up it had been in the past and how they were going to see things through in the future.
A quick fun read with some serious emotional heart to it, though!