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A review by michelle904
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
5.0
This was book #27 for Romanceopoly 2020.
Pack: Sun
Square: Past Eaves
Challenge: Read a historical fiction novel
OMG!! This book is an emotional roller coaster and I loved every minute of it. Chanel Cleeton creates rich and complex characters that I felt so deeply for that I often had to put the book down and step away or I would have suffered an anxiety attack.
While this book is the follow-up to Next Year in Havana, I don't think that you have to read one to enjoy the other. This book focuses on Beatriz Perez and her life as a Cuban exile in Florida during the 1960s. It's a wonderful window into Florida society during that time and what it was like to be exile. Several key historic moments of the early 60s feature in the book and I loved reading what those big moments would have felt like on a personal level.
This book left me wanting more. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if there wasn't the revolution in Cuba...
Pack: Sun
Square: Past Eaves
Challenge: Read a historical fiction novel
OMG!! This book is an emotional roller coaster and I loved every minute of it. Chanel Cleeton creates rich and complex characters that I felt so deeply for that I often had to put the book down and step away or I would have suffered an anxiety attack.
While this book is the follow-up to Next Year in Havana, I don't think that you have to read one to enjoy the other. This book focuses on Beatriz Perez and her life as a Cuban exile in Florida during the 1960s. It's a wonderful window into Florida society during that time and what it was like to be exile. Several key historic moments of the early 60s feature in the book and I loved reading what those big moments would have felt like on a personal level.
This book left me wanting more. I can't help but wonder what would have happened if there wasn't the revolution in Cuba...