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Not sure how to rate this. I raised it from a 2 to a 3 because the writing is really good, but one of the stories ( Out of the Blue, Perla) really disturbed me. I skipped the next one ( Whisky). I guess the brutality is part of the point of this collection of stories, but now I can't stop thinking about it. I wish I hadn't read that particular story. I think I could have still gotten the aim of the stories if I had skipped that one. I did enjoy the other stories set in rural Guatemala with a com
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Apr 03, 2022
Lizzy Siddal (Lizzy’s Literary Life)
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Sep 30, 2025
Keeley
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