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A review by biolexicon
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes
5.0
While reading this book, it was hard to believe the author hadn't known everything I love about stories and created this just for me. This one checked all my boxes. Magical realism (check), feminism and violence against women (check), people at the fringe (check), introversion (check), murder investigations (check), showing women being resilient while still being realistically affected by trauma (check), Latin America - Buenos Aires specifically (check), the feeling of being adrift (check), a sense of disconnection from material possessions (check), fiction in translation (check). My expectations were high and this story exceeded them.
The ending was well balanced. Grey enough where the serious and complicated story isn't wrapped up in a nice bow. But tidy enough to make me feel satisfied.
Also, what a beautiful cover.
For reasons I don't understand, even though the text was originally written in Spanish, the Spanish language version isn't available in the US yet. The translators note at the end mentioned the Spanish text being hyper local and I can't wait to dig into the original text itself and deepen my appreciation for the Spanish language.
The ending was well balanced. Grey enough where the serious and complicated story isn't wrapped up in a nice bow. But tidy enough to make me feel satisfied.
Also, what a beautiful cover.
For reasons I don't understand, even though the text was originally written in Spanish, the Spanish language version isn't available in the US yet. The translators note at the end mentioned the Spanish text being hyper local and I can't wait to dig into the original text itself and deepen my appreciation for the Spanish language.