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Afterlife
by Julia Alvarez
Just Okay (3/23/2020)
I'm not sure what I was supposed to get out of this book. It's about Antonia, her sisters, how she navigates life with a mentally ill sister, and how she copes with her dead husband. Then, halfway through the book, she encounters a pregnant teenager and takes the girl under her wing. There is a lot of detail about each character and how Antonia thinks about everyone. I didn't leave this book feeling satisfied because it was a lot of build-up with no payoff. I know so much about each female character, but don't know what to do with this information. I thought I was going to learn more about immigration, coyotes, and life as a Hispanic/Latinx person, but I don't feel like I learned anything.
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