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Tentacle

Rita Indiana,

Achy Obejas (Translator)

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Apr 20, 2019 Nina ( picturetalk321 ) rated it liked it

Shelves: author-ofcolour, z-read-2019, transl-spanish, genre-fiction, a-reviewed, genre-scifi, author-woman, landscape-island, world-dominicanrep, world-caribbean

This started like a dystopian and queer weird’n’wonderful SF, set in a post-climate apocalypse in the Dominican Republic. The it morphs into a picaresque tale with voodoo elements, time travel and a host of colourful strange characters. I didn’t really warm to any of the characters and got lost in the back and forth of the time lines. Ultimately, I didn’t see the point and didn’t find a heart to the story.

The prose style is post-modern punk; reminded me of Kathy Lette. The sentences are longish ...more

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