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A review by hanntastic
Ashes of Izalco by Darwin J. Flakoll, Claribel Alegría
4.0
Global Read Challenge 140: Nicaragua (This is definitely cheating because she spent so much of her life in El Salvador, but it is really hard to find Nicaraguan books in English)
This was a really beautiful and upsetting story. I agree that it shifted in time and perspective a lot, but once you got past that and realize it isn't always super important to know who is speaking, it becomes way more enjoyable. Alegria wrote this book with her husband and I had to stop myself from trying to figure out who wrote what section. This is one of those books where I would try to avoid reading the blurb/back of the book, because even though it isn't very plot heavy, there is a lot near the end that the summaries give away.
This was a really beautiful and upsetting story. I agree that it shifted in time and perspective a lot, but once you got past that and realize it isn't always super important to know who is speaking, it becomes way more enjoyable. Alegria wrote this book with her husband and I had to stop myself from trying to figure out who wrote what section. This is one of those books where I would try to avoid reading the blurb/back of the book, because even though it isn't very plot heavy, there is a lot near the end that the summaries give away.