tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post7273947452826050021..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: #Diversiverse Review: The Book of Unknown AmericansAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-5985542470057704582014-09-28T18:06:02.370-05:002014-09-28T18:06:02.370-05:00This has been on my radar for a while, but now you...This has been on my radar for a while, but now your discomfort with Mayor gives me pause. I'm often overly sensitive to those types of relationships. Interesting thoughts. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-1995845252592369132014-09-27T15:02:17.564-05:002014-09-27T15:02:17.564-05:00No, I have talked to other people about the book a...No, I have talked to other people about the book and they said they thought Mayor was just being a teenager. So maybe it was just me that was made uncomfortable by it. Either way, I thought he was a pretty self-absorbed kid, so he definitely wasn't my favorite.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-36858495863254741222014-09-27T09:27:41.934-05:002014-09-27T09:27:41.934-05:00This has been on my radar for a while and I'm ...This has been on my radar for a while and I'm still intrigued, but a little worried about Mayor's parts. That seems like it would be uncomfortable to read. Did you get the sense that that was intentional?Leslie @ This is the Refrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027804132268043518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-60918204264903309592014-09-18T16:00:55.349-05:002014-09-18T16:00:55.349-05:00I liked this one a lot and I agree with you about ...I liked this one a lot and I agree with you about Alma's voice. The author did SUCH a good job of showing the reader just how difficult and scary life is for people new to this country who speak little or no English - everything is absolutely terrifying. I felt Alma's fear and pain. Have you read anything else by Henriquez? She wrote an earlier novel that I LOVED - The World in Half.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-43381565403134892832014-09-18T14:41:50.383-05:002014-09-18T14:41:50.383-05:00I could read it, I just do not care for Mayor,I could read it, I just do not care for Mayor,Blodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.com