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Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

80 reviews

sailor_marz96's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Dementia

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I liked the family’s story overall and learning of the challenges of undocumented immigrants

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but talia’s story specifically felt odd and out of place. Like she was a totally normal girl then all of the sudden she’s throwing burning oil at people and escaping from Colombian juvie and hitchhiking accords the country. Did I miss her criminal past somewhere in the story?? All the sudden she’s an expert. I guess her just simply returning to her mother was not interesting enough??

otherwise well written and liked the lore sprinkled in throughout! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty and Alcoholism

vanesst's review

challenging hopeful fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deportation, Racism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

rachelwierick's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual assault, Deportation, and Racial slurs

indielittttt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Deportation, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

bookshelf_al's review

reflective sad 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Deportation, and Rape

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Confinement, and Racism

theblushbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

Short but packs a powerful punch. Infinite Country is the story  of a family separated by immigration and deportation trying to reunite. As daughter Talia navigates the trials of leaving Colombia to return to where she was born in America, we hear the perspectives of her parents, Mauro and Elena, as they navigated their own emigration many years before. This novel is raw in its illustration of what U.S. immigration law does to families and is worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Deportation, Rape, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

nevermoorian_reader's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Rape

rst19's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-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? No

4.0

Oooof, what a punchy, emotional book. Prose written like poetry, tackling really tough topics with so much humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Deportation, Rape, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent