A review by shrayirene
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I thought that this book was very well written. It was shocking from the very first page and carried you along on a truly harrowing journey. I thought that Cummins did a very good job in describing the trauma and grief - specifically the physicality of grief - that all of the main characters experienced. She also chose to jump POV between (most often) the two main characters, Lydia and Luca, even though they were always together, which I thought was very interesting in a third person novel. The subtle shift in perception of the same circumstance was fascinating.