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subbacultcha 's review for:
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite
3.5 stars
i really enjoyed getting a glimpse into haiti. and the different formats of the story kept it fresh and compelling... until the end where i got kind of confused about the curse and whether we were supposed to believe it or not. maybe that was the point. but it made it to seem like tony was killed on purpose? and i can see why alaine thinks it was her fault (because she wanted to go back early despite his predictions abt a storm) but are we to think that rosalie had planned all that from the beginning? or was alaine just giving her too much credit and emotional once she realized the ritual wouldnt cure her mother's alzheimers?
anyhow, i enjoyed the teen voice on this one a lot -- a strong and defiant but reasonable voice (at least most of the time). and again, happy to see haiti represented in the YA world. would love to see more #ownvoices writing like this that is very specific to bicultural teens who experience their parents' home country for the first time. because there's the sense of newness and comparison to the US but without the white tourist voice dominating the story. in a way this reminded me of darius the great is not okay and listen slowly. can we create a hashtag for this genre of books so that i can find them more easily? maybe #2ndgen1stvisit ?? yeah, im sure you can come up with something better. just do it quick and start tagging.
i really enjoyed getting a glimpse into haiti. and the different formats of the story kept it fresh and compelling... until the end where i got kind of confused about the curse and whether we were supposed to believe it or not. maybe that was the point. but it made it to seem like tony was killed on purpose? and i can see why alaine thinks it was her fault (because she wanted to go back early despite his predictions abt a storm) but are we to think that rosalie had planned all that from the beginning? or was alaine just giving her too much credit and emotional once she realized the ritual wouldnt cure her mother's alzheimers?
anyhow, i enjoyed the teen voice on this one a lot -- a strong and defiant but reasonable voice (at least most of the time). and again, happy to see haiti represented in the YA world. would love to see more #ownvoices writing like this that is very specific to bicultural teens who experience their parents' home country for the first time. because there's the sense of newness and comparison to the US but without the white tourist voice dominating the story. in a way this reminded me of darius the great is not okay and listen slowly. can we create a hashtag for this genre of books so that i can find them more easily? maybe #2ndgen1stvisit ?? yeah, im sure you can come up with something better. just do it quick and start tagging.