A review by red_steele
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
3.0
Narrator: 4 stars... the author should have hired a voice actor with an authentic Cuban accent.
This book was better than Next Year in Havana, but it still fell short. The book was centered around the stale relationship between Beatriz and Nick. How many times did the author need to write the same argument between them?
The espionage aspect was unbelievably weak and it could have made the book more compelling. The CIA didn’t train Beatriz and the meeting with Castro was implausible. The scene where she killed the agent in London was laughable.
The author could have written more about Beatriz’s life after the failed Castro mission. Beatriz was self-centered and had unrealistic expectations about saving Cuba. Everything Beatriz accomplished in her life could have been done with Nick, her reason for not marrying him was idiotic.
The end of the book was also weak and Beatriz and Nick did not reconnect until they are advanced in years. I doubt I will give this author another chance.
This book was better than Next Year in Havana, but it still fell short. The book was centered around the stale relationship between Beatriz and Nick. How many times did the author need to write the same argument between them?
The espionage aspect was unbelievably weak and it could have made the book more compelling. The CIA didn’t train Beatriz and the meeting with Castro was implausible. The scene where she killed the agent in London was laughable.
The author could have written more about Beatriz’s life after the failed Castro mission. Beatriz was self-centered and had unrealistic expectations about saving Cuba. Everything Beatriz accomplished in her life could have been done with Nick, her reason for not marrying him was idiotic.
The end of the book was also weak and Beatriz and Nick did not reconnect until they are advanced in years. I doubt I will give this author another chance.