A review by peeled_grape
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

4.0

This one surprised me. I've probably said this before, but: My favorite thing ever in books is when the form of it matches its content. This does that for sure -- the living and the dead are in conversation with one another, the past and the present are implicit and sometimes indistinguishable. I read this for one of my classes, and I'm glad I did -- I got way more out of it, especially considering the historical context of the book. (The historical grounding of this novel is purposely a background issue; it reminds me a lot of how "The Kingdom of This World" is centered around the Haitian Revolution without including the actual Haitian Revolution.) Even if you just read it without the context, it's great. If you haven't read it yet, maybe go into it with the idea that it is written in a confusing manner, and that's on purpose. Be patient with it. It's worth it.