Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Devil's Country by Perla Suez

4 reviews

getlitty's review against another edition

Go to review page

sad slow-paced

3.5

The story is worth telling and learning from but the book itself felt like it was trying to hit word count the entire time. There is a lot of repetition and long duplicative descriptions of death. There is also alot of descriptive language likening humans to meat or food, which can be a powerful tool when used sparingly but here one too many "BBQ" descriptions lost their punch. In the end, it was a worthwhile read though.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

melanders_07's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

very beautiful writing on an important topic that is rarely talked about 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jashanac's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

atsundarsingh's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly written, poetic, but unflinching in its portrayal of the violence of the weaponized USA desert in what is now Arizona. I was not shocked, having read on the topic before, but I was so, so impressed at the humanity that Urrea manages to spread around to all actors in this story. Mandatory reading for the region, and for people who have strong feelings about the Southern US border. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings