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A review by lecrockett
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
3.0
Maybe this deserves five stars for the impact it leaves. Maybe this deserves five stars because it brings awareness to a privileged culture of a very harsh, destructive, oppressive culture that very much exists today. Maybe it deserves five stars because there's nothing like this, and it's social activism, and it makes you think about bleak realities.
Maybe.
But I didn't enjoy reading it. The language read like poetry (makes sense - the author's a poet), and I'm glad there's a book out there that reflects on the lives of women involved in the periphery of the Mexican drug cartels. But I did not enjoy reading it. Trigger warnings abound, even though they're hazy. It made me rage and it made me weep. This is not easy to digest. And I would not read it again willingly.
A very tough (albeit short) book to get through. VERY tough.
Maybe.
But I didn't enjoy reading it. The language read like poetry (makes sense - the author's a poet), and I'm glad there's a book out there that reflects on the lives of women involved in the periphery of the Mexican drug cartels. But I did not enjoy reading it. Trigger warnings abound, even though they're hazy. It made me rage and it made me weep. This is not easy to digest. And I would not read it again willingly.
A very tough (albeit short) book to get through. VERY tough.