A review by marywahlmeierbracciano
Freedom Is a Feast by Alejandro Puyana

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Freedom Is a Feast cleverly illustrates history’s repetition in both personal and political contexts via a multigenerational saga set in Venezuela.  The story takes place around the rise and fall of Hugo Chávez, brought to power by revolution, only to cultivate corruption.  In the 1960s, a young revolutionary falls in love, escapes capture, vows to free his friends, and is failed by the movement.  A single mother is barely scraping by in 2002 when her son is shot in the midst of a coup, his life saved by a chance encounter.  Regret, guilt, love—gained and lost—rage, survival.  What does it take to be free?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy