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A review by gayathiri_rajendran
A Dream Called Home by Reyna Grande
2.0
A Dream Called Home by Reyna Grande is about her life as an immigrant in America after crossing the border illegally from Mexico. It was interesting to read about various parts of Mexico and the culture. The book mainly focuses on the author's journey through adulthood.
I'm rating the book and how it was written, not the life of the author. The writing fell kind of flat for me. The story moved so fast with a lot of details and several points were told beforehand and killed any sort of suspense which could have been developed later. I wish a lot of the incidents in the book could have been explored in detail. It felt as though I was just skirting the surface most of the time. Details about her romantic life made little sense since the main focus was on the life of an immigrant. I also wish her relationships with her family were explored in depth. It would have made for a more interesting read.
Even though this was a good book about how to persevere even though the odds are against you and how being a first-generation graduate in a new country is difficult, the writing lets it down most of the time. However, such stories are very much necessary in today's world and have to be told.
I'm rating the book and how it was written, not the life of the author. The writing fell kind of flat for me. The story moved so fast with a lot of details and several points were told beforehand and killed any sort of suspense which could have been developed later. I wish a lot of the incidents in the book could have been explored in detail. It felt as though I was just skirting the surface most of the time. Details about her romantic life made little sense since the main focus was on the life of an immigrant. I also wish her relationships with her family were explored in depth. It would have made for a more interesting read.
Even though this was a good book about how to persevere even though the odds are against you and how being a first-generation graduate in a new country is difficult, the writing lets it down most of the time. However, such stories are very much necessary in today's world and have to be told.