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A review by brokenbodybitch
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
4.5
low spoon review;
- i liked the way the magical realism was done; it was not only interesting but I think done well/realistically?
- ^ add on kinda; I liked the elements of the flowers and the way those hinted at what was going on
- the family dynamics were super interesting; the 'current' generation of the family was a hot mess, and in the best way it was very much the -big wealthy family with the inheritance holder who is kinda pissing everyone off- vibes
- it does have a circus in it though and to my knowledge it was done pretty tastefully but, I am not educated enough on the history of the circus and mistreatment of people [specifically disabled people] to have a valid comment on how it was done [I know some things but not enough to be confident in how it was done] - although there was one comment about a 'circus oddity', in this case it was referring to a magical being so 🤷🏼 I don't know
- the pacing was a little funky for me but that is mostly preference; it jumps back and forth between POV kind and time lines so it was a bit confusing at times but, if you normally don't struggle with this it will not be an issue, because for how much it jumped... it wasn't that bad
my content warnings are not thorough as so much happened, I can guarantee I'm prob missing a few
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
circus? I have heard of mis treatment of people - specifically disabled people because of the circus and I am not educated enough on the history that to know if it was ok or not - there was one comment about a 'circus oddity', although in this case it happened to be referring to a magical being so 🤷🏼 I don't know