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adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
i always find the experience of a book seeming boring/not great in the beginning but then you stick with it and it’s actually amazing to be sooo satisfying. and that was my experience. definitely like water for chocolate vibes!
i didn’t super love eliza (or joaquin) but to me they were the vehicle for a fun story. if you make it through eliza’s suffocating family and the first half of the book in valparaiso, the gold rush in california is a rollicking adventure. (also cw so much racism—i believe it is to give evidence of how cruel it was back then but it’s still jarring.) also on that note i think tao’s storyline was a bit of a stereotype.but i really loved his and eliza’s relationship. and i loved eliza as a cowboy?!
and i don’t know why the quickness of the ending and the allusions to stories that get left untold didn’t bother me, i felt like i got enough of each story.lol sorry jacob todd
i didn’t super love eliza (or joaquin) but to me they were the vehicle for a fun story. if you make it through eliza’s suffocating family and the first half of the book in valparaiso, the gold rush in california is a rollicking adventure. (also cw so much racism—i believe it is to give evidence of how cruel it was back then but it’s still jarring.) also on that note i think tao’s storyline was a bit of a stereotype.
and i don’t know why the quickness of the ending and the allusions to stories that get left untold didn’t bother me, i felt like i got enough of each story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia