deancloutier

Like many books in this genre, can be hard to read in spots (i.e. in describing violence, or the almost casual infidelities that the narrator views as part of the life of the Dominican male). But the characters are both completely unique and totally believable in their headlong rush to disaster, and the odd mix of elements of magic realism with sci-fi/fantasy nerd-dom and modern urban life in the US and DR works. Highly recommended-and I would suggest reading it along with a book or two of Edwidge Danticat (say, "Krik-Krak" or "The Dew-Breaker") for a fuller view of how things went so disasterously wrong on Hispaniola over the years.

2023-06-05 18:52