morrisimo's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Lovely memoir, Hernandez has a very accessible and evocative writing style. There is a very defined flow to her narrative that I really fucked with. The stories she tells are interesting and personal and tender and difficult. Split up well chapter to chapter. I read most of it a month or so ago so I don't remember it as well as I'd have liked, but regardless a wonderful book.
bf54life's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
i had to read this book for a class and i’m very thankful it was required reading. the writing is wonderful and it is a coming of age novel gold in a very unique way. a wonderful read
planning2read's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Racism
myplaincheerios's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Daisy’s writing made me feel like we were having a conversation, and I found myself devouring her every word. Her writing is poetic and real, I really enjoyed it!
carolynf's review
4.0
An interesting look at growing up, and having to deal with both a cultural divide and a gender divide. Much better than Becoming Maria.
misslynette's review
5.0
How to even begin? The way the author weaves the native tongue of her home and her family in between the sentences of English...
I'll admit that it was much easier to read after getting to an intermediate level in my Spanish understanding since before then, all I wanted to do before is look up the words. But had it been in a different language I don't think it would have phased me -- I would have just used context clues. The way Hernández writes makes it easy to understand.
I absolutely loved her story, her prose, and found a lot of peace reading about someone who also identifies as bisexual. Plus the intersections of sexual identity with race as well.
Anyway, this is by far one of my favorite reads of the year -- one of those I may end up buying ❤
I'll admit that it was much easier to read after getting to an intermediate level in my Spanish understanding since before then, all I wanted to do before is look up the words. But had it been in a different language I don't think it would have phased me -- I would have just used context clues. The way Hernández writes makes it easy to understand.
I absolutely loved her story, her prose, and found a lot of peace reading about someone who also identifies as bisexual. Plus the intersections of sexual identity with race as well.
Anyway, this is by far one of my favorite reads of the year -- one of those I may end up buying ❤