About halfway through now: zzzzz
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There’s something repulsive about the omniscient narrator. The God-view means we always know what every character is thinking and knowing. It leads to a lot of exposition, but worse makes everyone’s traumatic experience so easily held up to view.
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They are traveling w 2 sisters, one exceptionally beautiful and a sufferer of terrible sexual violence. I refuse to go into the details, but the God-narrator lays it all out without any reluctance. There’s no self-reflection about the dangers of telling this kind of story.
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I think I audibly said, ugh. Lydia’s husband wrote an article about the boss and when the boss’s daughter read it she killed herself. This book is pure melodrama with a strong sentimental base.
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Over 250 pgs in, & novel shows little skill in dialogue, character development, or world building. Plot is both contrived and predictable, even dull. But what it's v good at is offering vivid descriptions of action. And it has a lot of it!
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This strength gets troubling because, after a lot of hemming and hawing, novel final gets to where it's wanted to go all along: the thick descriptions of the migrants suffering as they try to ride La Bestia north. Fall to the death? Sexual violence? Corrupt officers?
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There's a checklist, and the novel works hard to tick off each line. It's almost like the cruelty is the point. But then again it often chickens out. While the 2 pretty travel companions get sexually assaulted, discretely offstage, Lydia goes untouched (minus a grope).
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Lots of opportunities for Lydia and Luca to act like plucky heroes, and when their journey really gets them into trouble a good samaritan shows up to help them. After they're released (conveniently) from detention, a doctor picks them up.
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Here's a fun moment: "The man's words have landed on her face and she does--she looks like an Aztec warrior." --in case you were wondering if there are any references to Aztecs.
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No comment: “This is the whole problem, right? Look at that American flag over there—you see it? All bright and shiny; it looks brand new. And then look at ours. It’s all busted up and raggedy.”
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