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Angie Cruz

Autor von Dominicana

4+ Werke 1,130 Mitglieder 57 Rezensionen

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Bildnachweis: Author Angie Cruz at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83465933

Werke von Angie Cruz

Dominicana (2019) 621 Exemplare
Let It Rain Coffee (2005) 104 Exemplare
Soledad (2001) 95 Exemplare

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Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (2022) — Mitwirkender — 143 Exemplare
Daring to Write: Contemporary Narratives by Dominican Women (2016) — Mitwirkender — 7 Exemplare

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Listening to what ostensibly 12 monologues made this feel like a one-woman play that covers the gamut of emotions while portraying the life of a middle-age immigrant mother.
 
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bookwyrmm | 15 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 20, 2024 |
I picked this book up after being in a reading slump, and remembering how much I loved Angie Cruz’s, Dominicana. Now that I have finished this book I have so many mixed feelings.

First off, Angie Cruz is the first author I have read to not use quotations, and in this particular story I found it hard to follow what was dialogue vs thoughts with all the characters.

Secondly, I felt like there was so much going on that a lot of the turning points in the plot were rushed and ended with so many unanswered questions.

Lastly, I wish there was more character development. I thought there was hope for Esperanza, one of the main characters, but even to the very last chapter she hasn’t learned to appreciate her homeland and can only think about making it all go away.

However, as in Dominicana, the representation is one of my favorite things. I have read several Latinx novels and they always seem to come off very stereo typical and forced. However twice now Angie Cruz has given me a read that felt real and authentic especially of those leaving their home country and seeking a better life in the states.

So while this may not be my favorite, I still shed tears (several times), was able to empathize with most of the characters, and wished there was more so I could know how they all moved on in life.
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bvillegas410 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 14, 2024 |
I loved this book. Love, lust, parent/child relationships, relationships of women to women, and so much more. I was transported to NYC and sat with baited breath waiting for the next page.
 
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AngelaYbarra | 15 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 23, 2024 |
I read this book in one day. Descriptive, to say the least. I could feel the hot breeze of the Dominican, and smell the stale air of a hot NYC apartment. Angie Cruz, the author, showcased Ana and her life as a citizen of the Dominican, translate to NYC, a family's only hope, a girl coming of age in a land far away from any family, a wife, a lover, an ESL student, a friend, and so many other characters she is asked or thrown in to play during her life.

Anyone who picks up this book will fall in love with it and with Angie Curz. Bravo! Ms. Cruz left me wanting more.… (mehr)
 
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AngelaYbarra | 34 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 23, 2024 |

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