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A review by connie_rea
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle, T.C. Boyle
3.0
I have to think about this book a bit....but off the top of my head I really didn't like it. It seemed to me that the characters started off perhaps being ignorant, but they weren't racist....by the end of the novel it seemed that all sides had turned so racist. There was little hope for anyone....not from page one and certainly not on the last page either....I kept waiting for someone...ANYONE to do the right thing....but it never happened. Yes, one can say that bit at the end....but I disagree....I think it was reflex and something that happened without thinking....it seemed that anytime a character took the time to think about their circumstances that it never ended positive. Only America seemed to think things out and look for the positive....but life certainly wore that poor lady down, didn't? If Candido had time to think at the end, I believe he would not have reacted as he did...that's right....I think he simply reacted to the situation....