A review by sirisolh
Papi by Rita Indiana

1.0

I was intrigued by the idea of a completely new perspective; of a story written from a childs viewpoint, but - I quickly realized I'm not a big fan of reading/hearing children telling stories. And that's the main reason for this one star review: I became SO tired of the childish rambling and never-ending fantasies, it was too much and to many pages. And I still feel like I don't really know what happened, unfortunately. Maybe something was lost in translation? Maybe something was lost in lack of concentration?

But - I do find it impressively written. That someone has managed to capture the mind of a child in, what I assume is, a very realistic presentation of how the world and all it's chaos feels and is understood. Or made understandable through available interpretations learned from family, friends and media outlets. The story flows by regardless of my understanding, and I have the feeling that the main character and me has been equally confused throughout the pages.