A review by sde
Las raíces del olivo by Courtney Miller Santo

3.0

I really liked the premise of this book and the focus on several generations of women. It was a quick read, but I kept expecting more. What were all the "secrets" the women were hiding. When they were finally revealed, it was a bit of a letdown and fairly mundane. We also never really get to know or understand Deb, the woman who was jailed for killing her husband. I longed to hear her voice and her side of the story. There must be a lot more than readers were given. Most of the characters were not fleshed out enough for me, maybe because there were so many of them.

It was a great book for a long train ride, though, which is when I read it. Interesting enough to keep me turning the pages, but not so taxing that frequent interruptions made it hard to follow.