Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Series/Standalone: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Pages: 432
Publisher: HarperTeen
Year Published: 2020
Format: Audiobook
"In a novel-in-verse, that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people...
In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.
Separated by distance- and Papi's secrets- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.
And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other."
My Rating: 3/5
This audiobook was very intense. The switching of narrators, and their stories kept me interested throughout the book, but I wasn't interested enough in the plot. I felt like there wasn't enough tension in the grief to make me feel what I was meant to feel for the main characters. That being said, I think seeing the different lives they lived, and how their father wasn't the person they believed him to be is what really kept me interested in the story. Overall, just an okay read for me.
Thanks for reading,
Sidny
