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thecafeconlecheproject's Reviews (38)
Okay, yes - this book is fantastic - we can get into that later. But for now... whew, can we get into how fckn diverse this book is?!? You can literally feel the diversity oozing out of the pages like the crazy white tendri.. nvm - ill let y’all get into all of that when y’all read this book. But, seriously. I haven’t read a book in so long that felt this effortlessly diverse & multicultural. In her acknowledgements N.K. Jemisin briefly discusses the lengths that she went to & the help that she sought to make sure that she did everyone’s culture justice & (aside from how great the book was) I am just so in awe of her dedication.
This book just.. did not sit right with me. Now hear me out - the plot was interesting enough to to push through to then end, the characters were just intriguing enough, & the geographical history was present just enough for me to want to keep reading through the end (mostly because I’m familiar with the area in the story & wanted to see how much I’d recognize).
But if we’re gonna keep it real (spoiler, we are) the way that this very white author played into the Mexican stereotypes, the way she incorporated alll of those racial slurs, just to turn around & make THE tragedy that the story relies on allllll about the white women that it didn’t actually happen to??? Come on. I get how this may have resonated with some people, but to me it read morel like how the Karen’s of the world seem to always find a way to make the trauma that minorities experience all about them.
This book is set up in a way that each chapter tells a different women’s account of the story & only 2 chapters are Glory’s - the young Mexican girl that the traumatic incident happened to - so you do the math. I wanted to like it so much more, I really did, but like I said, it just doesn’t sit right with my spirit. It’s gonna be a hard no from me.
But if we’re gonna keep it real (spoiler, we are) the way that this very white author played into the Mexican stereotypes, the way she incorporated alll of those racial slurs, just to turn around & make THE tragedy that the story relies on allllll about the white women that it didn’t actually happen to??? Come on. I get how this may have resonated with some people, but to me it read morel like how the Karen’s of the world seem to always find a way to make the trauma that minorities experience all about them.
This book is set up in a way that each chapter tells a different women’s account of the story & only 2 chapters are Glory’s - the young Mexican girl that the traumatic incident happened to - so you do the math. I wanted to like it so much more, I really did, but like I said, it just doesn’t sit right with my spirit. It’s gonna be a hard no from me.
The world that Zoraida Cordova created dropped me into the expectant arms of exposure, confrontation, and fear. I'm here to say, dejate caer. The intertwining of past and present will help you find and create your own magic. Only love, understanding, transformation, and generational healing awaits across the horizon.
By far one of my favorite books this year and def a top 5 favorite of all time.
By far one of my favorite books this year and def a top 5 favorite of all time.
