I read this book in a rush, felt like I couldn't get enough of it. I was so caught up that when I looked up after reading uninterrupted for an hour or...moreI read this book in a rush, felt like I couldn't get enough of it. I was so caught up that when I looked up after reading uninterrupted for an hour or more the weather had completely changed outside and it was starting to rain hard.
Perfect. Terrifying.
Even after I finished the book I picked it up again to re-read the parts that made my heart jump to my throat, my hand cover my mouth in horror: when Manny learns that Esch is pregnant, when Esch likens her confrontation of Manny to Skeetah always kneeling over China saying "make them know", and when Hurricane Katrina goes from being a shadow in the background to screaming overhead so that all the things we thought defined this family are forced out into the open and reevaluated for the sake of survival.
This book was so raw and beautiful, the story and the writing style will stay with me for awhile yet. (less)