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A review by aweekinthelife
Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
listened on audio (libby) with a hardcover book (also library) for reference.
i've been appreciating these cultural critique/memoir type books (reminds me of How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo) and Villarreal does this one so well.
i picked this up after all the rave about it on bookstagram and was warned that the audiobook may not be the best way to read this because of the content/format. i agree that this is not a great standalone audiobook because there's a lot of visual layouts and photos/captions that aren't mentioned at all in the audio. this ends up being a smooth listening experience, but i feel like at least 10% of the book is missing on audio (as opposed to Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong where all the photos were mentioned and described int he audiobook).
also appreciate the discussions of linguistics that doesn't make me cringe! (oftentimes linguistics in popular writing seems like it is just written for a general audience excluding linguists)
i've been appreciating these cultural critique/memoir type books (reminds me of How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo) and Villarreal does this one so well.
i picked this up after all the rave about it on bookstagram and was warned that the audiobook may not be the best way to read this because of the content/format. i agree that this is not a great standalone audiobook because there's a lot of visual layouts and photos/captions that aren't mentioned at all in the audio. this ends up being a smooth listening experience, but i feel like at least 10% of the book is missing on audio (as opposed to Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong where all the photos were mentioned and described int he audiobook).
also appreciate the discussions of linguistics that doesn't make me cringe! (oftentimes linguistics in popular writing seems like it is just written for a general audience excluding linguists)