A review by paracosm
Desierto Sonoro by Valeria Luiselli
4.0
This book is divided in two parts, the first one being the best. It narrated by a woman as her family take a road trip from New York to the south of the US. She reminisces about a lot of things; family, work, sound, but mainly about the inmigrantion crisis.
She's doing a project to recollect oral stories of undocumented children crossing the border alone, and I think that's fascinating. I enjoy listening to her voice (metaphorically). There isn't really a plot, but there's some sort of tension steaming from the fact that she are her husband are most likely going to divorce by the end of the book.
It's the second part of the novel that kinda lost me. The narration changes from the woman to her ten year old son, as he takes the very stupid decision of crossing the dessert alone with his five year old sister to find some lost kids. It's not like the kids are annoying or anything (the author managed to avoid that pit fall), but I still enjoy the first part a lot more.
She's doing a project to recollect oral stories of undocumented children crossing the border alone, and I think that's fascinating. I enjoy listening to her voice (metaphorically). There isn't really a plot, but there's some sort of tension steaming from the fact that she are her husband are most likely going to divorce by the end of the book.
It's the second part of the novel that kinda lost me. The narration changes from the woman to her ten year old son, as he takes the very stupid decision of crossing the dessert alone with his five year old sister to find some lost kids. It's not like the kids are annoying or anything (the author managed to avoid that pit fall), but I still enjoy the first part a lot more.