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A review by yogarshi
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
3.0
3.5 rounded down to 3. I really wanted to love this one more.
JGV delivers a quiet tale about the life of the Laverde family, and the narrator who gets involved with them, with the spectre of post-Escobar Bogota hanging in the background. Without spoiling much, there are parts that I absolutely loved and was devastated by, such as the tape recording, and the time spent by the narrator with Laverde's daughter. On the other hand, there were parts where the narrator's introspection just did not work for me, and felt like meandering for the sake of meandering.
JGV delivers a quiet tale about the life of the Laverde family, and the narrator who gets involved with them, with the spectre of post-Escobar Bogota hanging in the background. Without spoiling much, there are parts that I absolutely loved and was devastated by, such as the tape recording, and the time spent by the narrator with Laverde's daughter. On the other hand, there were parts where the narrator's introspection just did not work for me, and felt like meandering for the sake of meandering.