I thought this book was very well researched, the author stayed within the rigid historical timeline while telling a fictional story
The book is enjoyable, and I can see why people like it. For me it was more like a beach read, pleasing and agreeable but neither challenging nor introspective
The mash up of a Mexican western, a generational saga, and magical realism works extremely well at the hands of this talented author.
1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation
I fully realized I was being manipulated, and yet I couldn’t stop reading. The historical detail paired with engaging characters made the novel appealing
I thought the novelization of movie-making made the process a lot more interesting, capturing the energy, excitement, and mechanics
I found the book quite boring in the beginning, but the story got better when the narrative was moved from San Francisco to Chile
When Red discovers a new book about pandas, she can’t wait to read it! Except it’s about only one kind of panda, and red pandas are completely left out.
Stockholm by Noa Yedlin is a dark comedy about an older group of friends (late 60s, early 70s) attempting to keep secret the death of a friend
The romance part was a lot of fun for me to read. Those types of stories are usually not what I enjoy, but combined with a heist & the whimsical tale it worked