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challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There is a furious pacing to this family story, drenched in the heat, scene, and reality of Rio. Daniel, Lucia, and their mother all have unresolved and festering familial baggage. Each moving through their world coping apart yet with an air of delusion, not really acknowledging what is at the core of the schism that has held them all apart.
But Rogers takes us into the mind of each individual breaking down their past thoughts and actions and the rippling effects it had not only on each other but their very familial structure. Hurt people hurt people and selfish people completely damage psyches and identities. And then they emerge from the wreckage of themselves, moving towards mending fences and moving forward.
I enjoy multigenerational, multi-perspective novels, every voice builds the story out more and gives the reader more blocks from which they are able to garner more of a particular character. What an affecting read, I rooted for the family to heal together, it was not complete yet there ws that glimmer of hope that going forward the Cunhas would be better than the those who came before.
But Rogers takes us into the mind of each individual breaking down their past thoughts and actions and the rippling effects it had not only on each other but their very familial structure. Hurt people hurt people and selfish people completely damage psyches and identities. And then they emerge from the wreckage of themselves, moving towards mending fences and moving forward.
I enjoy multigenerational, multi-perspective novels, every voice builds the story out more and gives the reader more blocks from which they are able to garner more of a particular character. What an affecting read, I rooted for the family to heal together, it was not complete yet there ws that glimmer of hope that going forward the Cunhas would be better than the those who came before.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Car accident
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