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A review by mstall_
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
I’m so frustrated that I couldn’t get through this book because it sounded amazing: mysterious death, two unknown women tied together though separated by decades, critiques on racism, classism, and nepotism — it sounded perfect!
The pacing of this book is truly what killed it for me. I’m almost 100 pages in and nothing has really happened. We have no read insight into the big moment that the book opened with and I feel like I’m just slogging through lengthy prose after lengthy prose to get nowhere. This book has so many amazing reviews and I’m really bummed it didn’t work for me. Maybe I can pick it up again in the future and have a different experience with it.
The pacing of this book is truly what killed it for me. I’m almost 100 pages in and nothing has really happened. We have no read insight into the big moment that the book opened with and I feel like I’m just slogging through lengthy prose after lengthy prose to get nowhere. This book has so many amazing reviews and I’m really bummed it didn’t work for me. Maybe I can pick it up again in the future and have a different experience with it.