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A review by sarahanne8382
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera
3.0
I liked but didn't love this Afro-Latinx retelling of the Orpheus myth.
Running from the destruction of Hurricane Maria and the demon who torments her, Eury agrees to spend the summer in the Bronx with her cousin, where she meets charming guitar playing Pheus. While she's been warned that all the girls in the neighborhood are crazy about him, Eury can't help but notice the darkness that's surrounded her for years disappears when he plays his guitar and sings, and Pheus realizes that maybe there's more to his musical talent than the adulation of the crowd.
I think my problem is less with the story than with the myth it's retelling. Rivera does a creative job with weak source material.
Running from the destruction of Hurricane Maria and the demon who torments her, Eury agrees to spend the summer in the Bronx with her cousin, where she meets charming guitar playing Pheus. While she's been warned that all the girls in the neighborhood are crazy about him, Eury can't help but notice the darkness that's surrounded her for years disappears when he plays his guitar and sings, and Pheus realizes that maybe there's more to his musical talent than the adulation of the crowd.
I think my problem is less with the story than with the myth it's retelling. Rivera does a creative job with weak source material.