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Soñar en cubano by Cristina García

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c_k_star's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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4.0

A novel following the lives of a family before, during, and after the Revolution. An interesting way to understand different perspectives of people, some of whom stayed in Cuba, some who left. Magical elements, thought-provoking.

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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4.0

When I started reading this I thought it was going to be another US-biased book on Cuba but it turned out to be a very rounded view of the situation, with its complexities– no surprise after I found out that the author has a master from John Hopkins International Studies. The book also talks about gender roles and generational differences and it's overall a great book, not dense at all despite all its themes.

aimeereadsthebooks's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

ombudsman's review against another edition

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2.0

i liked this but i did feel lost a lot of the time, mostly at the end. (which i think was intentional on some level, but i wasn't really a fan.) i almost should have anticipated that: this is a novel where many of the characters are at some point in the novel lost in a manic episode. and that is a structure that holds throughout the novel - all of the characters dabble in some sort of fantasy

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, whether it is celia's love letters, utterly removed from the everyday but still possible, felicia's religious devotion (not that santeria is in itself manic but even the other santeros are worried by the summer of coconuts), or lourdes' conversations with her dead father

. it's a book about the extreme, and accordingly centres itself on mania.