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A review by alysses
Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel by Gabby Rivera
4.0
The artwork is gorgeous. I think I will pick up the full length novel next.
I do wish the editor would have caught the missing z in maiz and the l that should have been there instead of the r in pernil. I don't know if this was done on purpose because Puerto Ricans tend to "eat" letters in certain words or pronounce l as r (because there are influences other than Spanish at play that folks tend to forget to mention all the time) but it bugged me. On paper folks know how these words are spelled and spell them as they should be. It bugs me because Puerto Ricans are always slammed for their Spanish.
Anyway, this was a great graphic novel and should definitely be picked up.
I do wish the editor would have caught the missing z in maiz and the l that should have been there instead of the r in pernil. I don't know if this was done on purpose because Puerto Ricans tend to "eat" letters in certain words or pronounce l as r (because there are influences other than Spanish at play that folks tend to forget to mention all the time) but it bugged me. On paper folks know how these words are spelled and spell them as they should be. It bugs me because Puerto Ricans are always slammed for their Spanish.
Anyway, this was a great graphic novel and should definitely be picked up.