May 2026 Reading Wrap Up

She of course talks about class and race as usual in the novel but it'sdone in a manner that it feels very natural and like it's a very a novelthat flows really well because I think I read this in two sittings. You justget really She really knows how to pull you in on this one.

But, be that as it may, this is anexcellent read. It's a little long, it's a little over 400 pages, but it's wellworth it, , even though there are some slow parts, because that's Balzac.

Tatiana Michael and I discussed it on Saturday night, and we absolutelyjust loved the hell out of it. There are somevery interesting characters in this book.

She does a wonderful job, the author Cruz,of letting us know the context of this kind of relationship, how deeplymanipulating and could manipulating, controlling, andand horrible these kinds of modern-day slavery relationships can be. And shedoes a wonderful job of showing us how that comes about, how that ismaintained, and what it takes to get away from it.

I read The Potato Factory last year,which was a big huge chunker of a book, 800 pages I think it was. Fantastic.

Now, this one, you know I thoroughly enjoyed this one as well. I did a reviewon this one, which I will link below, so you can learn more about what I thoughtabout this one.

The problem with this novel was for me I got sick of hearing the N-word. Therewas too much N-word in here, and there were too many draggy, slow parts.