mibramowitz's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
abookishtype's review against another edition
4.0
A big part of why I love historical fiction set in other countries is that they help me fill in gaps in my very America-centric United States education. These books invariably spur me to look up names and places and events that I don’t know so that I can get the full history that the novels allude to. So many novels have turned into cramming sessions on missed history. This is especially true of The City of Palaces, by Michael Nava. Even though my county shares an almost 2,000 mile border with Mexico, I know embarrassingly little about Mexican history. Nava’s novel dropped me into the end of dictator Porfirio Díaz‘ regime and the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Nava made me feel like I was right there with the Sarmiento-Gavilán family as they lived through it...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss, for review consideration.
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