A review by sam8834
Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina by Raquel Cepeda
4.0
3.5 stars
Sort of an interesting format for a memoir. The first half tells of Cepeda's adolescence, and the writing makes you feel like you're reading a novel, which feels a bit odd and uncommon, but serves her story well. The second half delves into Cepeda's ancestry research, with commentary on the Latin-American community and being mixed race as a whole, which is interesting, but makes the book lose steam a little bit. It could have helped if Cepeda kept the memoir writing going throughout the second half as well.
Sort of an interesting format for a memoir. The first half tells of Cepeda's adolescence, and the writing makes you feel like you're reading a novel, which feels a bit odd and uncommon, but serves her story well. The second half delves into Cepeda's ancestry research, with commentary on the Latin-American community and being mixed race as a whole, which is interesting, but makes the book lose steam a little bit. It could have helped if Cepeda kept the memoir writing going throughout the second half as well.