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A review by misslynette
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir by Daisy Hernández
5.0
How to even begin? The way the author weaves the native tongue of her home and her family in between the sentences of English...
I'll admit that it was much easier to read after getting to an intermediate level in my Spanish understanding since before then, all I wanted to do before is look up the words. But had it been in a different language I don't think it would have phased me -- I would have just used context clues. The way Hernández writes makes it easy to understand.
I absolutely loved her story, her prose, and found a lot of peace reading about someone who also identifies as bisexual. Plus the intersections of sexual identity with race as well.
Anyway, this is by far one of my favorite reads of the year -- one of those I may end up buying ❤
I'll admit that it was much easier to read after getting to an intermediate level in my Spanish understanding since before then, all I wanted to do before is look up the words. But had it been in a different language I don't think it would have phased me -- I would have just used context clues. The way Hernández writes makes it easy to understand.
I absolutely loved her story, her prose, and found a lot of peace reading about someone who also identifies as bisexual. Plus the intersections of sexual identity with race as well.
Anyway, this is by far one of my favorite reads of the year -- one of those I may end up buying ❤