by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I was frustrated with the first half of this novel. I felt that it was going nowhere. Sal was pondering his life and his identity, only he was doing internally. If only he’d reached out, I’d felt better but Sal drifted, his voice silent while his mind filled with questions and unknowns. Sal had plen...
WOW.Maybe it came to me at the right point in my life. I don't know. But this book touched me really deeply, and I found myself in tears at several points.The writing is lyrical and the chapters are short, so the story feels like a series of vignettes, small peeks into the lives of the characters. ...