Edugyan + Diaz

Blues is wildly original and beautifull writtern, hence the well deserved acclaim, but the storyline started off really slow to me. I haven’t finished yet, I moved on to Oscar, oh beloved Oscar and his whirlwind of a family. Diaz creates such a strong voice for his story it’s as though I can understand even when he breaks off into Spanish. The book’s got footnotes though, annoying as hell. A glossary would’ve been nice but still I like the snippets of history and cultural facts he throws in. 

On to Morrison + Nalo next I think. 

Edugyan + Diaz

Blues is wildly original and beautifull writtern, hence the well deserved acclaim, but the storyline started off really slow to me. I haven’t finished yet, I moved on to Oscar, oh beloved Oscar and his whirlwind of a family. Diaz creates such a strong voice for his story it’s as though I can understand even when he breaks off into Spanish. The book’s got footnotes though, annoying as hell. A glossary would’ve been nice but still I like the snippets of history and cultural facts he throws in. 

On to Morrison + Nalo next I think.