A review by michelinaoliverio
Ruins by Peter Kuper

4.0

An American couple takes a sabbatical in Mexico to work on themselves individually and as a couple. Sam is trying to write a book about her past and her culture while George, a recently laid off entomologist, is rediscovering his love for nature as well as art. The story is broken up by the nonverbal story of a butterfly’s migration. I am a sucker for anything monarch’s so that is what reeled me into this book in the first place.

Although this is a fiction book, it’s theme of history was based on true events (the afterward from the author is worth a read!) Although Ruins is off to a slow start, things definitely pick up and go places before too long.