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A review by celestesbookshelf
Solito by Javier Zamora
emotional
hopeful
tense
Wow this book! right in the feels đź’”
I switched between print and audiobook, audiobook is narrated by Zamora himself so it made it so much more emotional.
I was born in Mexico but never had to endure what he did as an immigrant. Yet, the situations he described, the derogatory and racist terms directed at him, the food, the people he encountered during his trip were all too familiar.
What surprised me the most was how he as an El Salvadorian was insulted by Mexicans by being called “wetback” and “Indio” among other slurs. This is ironic since many Mexicans are called those same slurs when they migrate to USA. Reminded me of the The Stanford Prison Experiment, how easily people in positions of “power”become abusive and forget when they were in same position.
I couldn’t stop reading/listening,
I mean literally took my phone into shower and put audiobook on loud because I had to know what happened next.
I don’t know how my feelings would’ve differed how I not been a mother when reading. This time around though I found myself consistently wondering what his parents, his grandparents and aunts were thinking through the 7 weeks they had no idea where he was. And I agree with Zamora’s mother, those strangers that cared for him were his guardian angels and they are proof that there’s good people on this earth.
This should be a must read for everyone, if you’ve read it please let me know what you thought of it because I’d love to discuss!
Follow me on Instagram @celestes.bookshelf for more bookish content!
I switched between print and audiobook, audiobook is narrated by Zamora himself so it made it so much more emotional.
I was born in Mexico but never had to endure what he did as an immigrant. Yet, the situations he described, the derogatory and racist terms directed at him, the food, the people he encountered during his trip were all too familiar.
What surprised me the most was how he as an El Salvadorian was insulted by Mexicans by being called “wetback” and “Indio” among other slurs. This is ironic since many Mexicans are called those same slurs when they migrate to USA. Reminded me of the The Stanford Prison Experiment, how easily people in positions of “power”become abusive and forget when they were in same position.
I couldn’t stop reading/listening,
I mean literally took my phone into shower and put audiobook on loud because I had to know what happened next.
I don’t know how my feelings would’ve differed how I not been a mother when reading. This time around though I found myself consistently wondering what his parents, his grandparents and aunts were thinking through the 7 weeks they had no idea where he was. And I agree with Zamora’s mother, those strangers that cared for him were his guardian angels and they are proof that there’s good people on this earth.
This should be a must read for everyone, if you’ve read it please let me know what you thought of it because I’d love to discuss!
Follow me on Instagram @celestes.bookshelf for more bookish content!