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A review by mmccombs
Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
This was fine! I do think Villavicencio is a phenomenal writer, but I thought it was a bit strange that her fiction voice and nonfiction voice read so similarly. Like I almost wished I was just reading a collection of essays instead? There was not much plot, but it didn’t feel “vibey” either like some other campus novels do, so it mostly just felt like a very long essay. I really enjoy her writing but I do think I’d be more eager to read nonfiction from her in the future.
Graphic: Grief and Deportation