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A review by hadesdaughter
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
5.0
I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
It took a while for me to write this review because I wasn't able to express how much I liked Olga Dies Dreaming (and to be honest, I still haven't, but I have to give my well-deserved 5 stars!). It is a rich story, with real characters and so easy to relate to, that describes pretty well the struggle of Latinxs families in the United States and it's also an #ownvoices novel.
Olga Dies Dreaming mixes POVs from Olga, a strong and independent wedding planner, and her brother Prieto, a gay politician representing the Brooklyn neighborhood. Despite being a bit slow-paced and complex (it has several intertwined stories), it is an extremely necessary novel. If you like contemporary books with politics, representativeness and full of culture and history, this book will be perfect for you.
It took a while for me to write this review because I wasn't able to express how much I liked Olga Dies Dreaming (and to be honest, I still haven't, but I have to give my well-deserved 5 stars!). It is a rich story, with real characters and so easy to relate to, that describes pretty well the struggle of Latinxs families in the United States and it's also an #ownvoices novel.
Olga Dies Dreaming mixes POVs from Olga, a strong and independent wedding planner, and her brother Prieto, a gay politician representing the Brooklyn neighborhood. Despite being a bit slow-paced and complex (it has several intertwined stories), it is an extremely necessary novel. If you like contemporary books with politics, representativeness and full of culture and history, this book will be perfect for you.