A review by dimples0508
La Malinche by Laura Esquivel

3.0

As a mestizo youth, I was really excited when I found this book. I'm highly interested in tradition and ceremony that was introduced in my life through Navajo tradition. Reading this book gave me a serious sick feeling in my belly. The romantic angle it was trying to take with Malinche and Cortes was just wrong. One of my favorite professors from university told me that the mestizo race, and the conquering of Spain was the great tragedy, the great rape of Mexico. Mexico is such a beautifully complex place and I feel Laura Esquivel lacked that complexity. her language was beautiful- but at times it became confabulated in my head and didn't make much sense. Points for subject.