Terror does not wear the conventional costume. It’s not a monster with fangs and claws that swoops in screeching with blood on its breath. True terror is walking into a room where you’ve lived alone for forty years and finding that your chair is not precisely where you left it. Terror is the smallest detail, just slightly askew: a car where a car should not be.
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In a nutshell
When Daisy is hit by a car and is stuck in a coma in a hospital room in San Juan it brings her mother Ruth and grandmother Rafaela back to the city where their life story began and forces them to confront the twists of fate that caused a growing rift in their family.
Book Club Notes
This is a slow burn kind of book that is rich and enjoyable. I was invested in the characters and eager to turn pages and discover what happens next but I was also content putting it down after a few chapters every night. I enjoyed the Puerto Rican setting having the visual context from my travels there. All in all it may not make my groundbreaking best reading list but it’s a good and meaningful read.
Read If
You enjoy multi generational and multi timeline stories with rich familial ties that slowly reveal themselves page by page.
Rating
Writing – 7/10
Character Development – 7/10
Plot Twist – 7/10
Shareability – 7/10
The Nitty Gritty
Published by: Tinder Press, distributed by Jonathon Ball
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Drama
ISBN: 978-1-4722-8881-3
Pages: 433
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A note on our book ratings
Storyline: How good is the storyline? Is it believable and complex or does it make you shake your head in its ridiculousness?
Writing: How well written is the book? Do you find yourself wowed by the writing or unimpressed?
Character Development: Do the characters evolve and grow through the book and are they multi-dimensional?
Plot Twist: Were you able to predict the end, or did the author give you some surprises along the way to keep you on your toes?
Shareability: How likely are you to share the book?
