A review by davison13
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta by Mario Vargas Llosa

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. Because it was a required reading for school and I had to finish it within a short amount of time, the experience of reading was not as enjoyable as it could've been. But as tempted as I am to shit on it, it was actually a good book, and I liked it. The narrative was interesting, switching between past to present and 1st to 3rd narration. It did take me a while to get used to it, as it would suddenly switch within a conversation without warning. It's a very different writing style than what i've read before. Overall, it's a decent book. I think it did a good job portraying the cultural and social state of Peru at this time, and it's not like any historical fiction book (if you can call it that) I've ever read.