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A review by laflormorada
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite
4.0
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine is written in multiple formats (emails, chats, essays, newspaper stories, diary entries, etc..) and is about a spirited, witty, whip smart Haitian-American girl named Alaine. Despite attending a prestigious Catholic school and living a fairly privileged life, she carries around some heavy emotional baggage. Most of this stems from the pretty much non-existent relationship she has with her super famous mother, but could it also be due to a longstanding family curse? When an "incident" at school gets her sent to Haiti for a semester immersion project, it's not for the vacation she's always wanted. While there, she learns about some dark family secrets, starts falling for an older intern and finds herself dabbling in Vodou. And that's only the beginning of the drama that is Alaine's life...
It took me about 70 pages in to get into this book, and I almost gave up. But then suddenly the pace picked up, the storyline got seriously interesting and I couldn't put it down. Then at the very end, a big event messed it up for me again and made the story a little too far fetched. BUT I still really, really enjoyed immersing myself in the middle part of this story while learning a little bit about the geography, culture and history of Haiti. Also I loved getting to know Alaine.
It took me about 70 pages in to get into this book, and I almost gave up. But then suddenly the pace picked up, the storyline got seriously interesting and I couldn't put it down. Then at the very end, a big event messed it up for me again and made the story a little too far fetched. BUT I still really, really enjoyed immersing myself in the middle part of this story while learning a little bit about the geography, culture and history of Haiti. Also I loved getting to know Alaine.