KnitAFett reviewed The Last Karankawas by Kimberly Garza
Stretched too thin.
2 stars
I had a hard time getting through this book. At first, I thought it was the audiobook, so I switched to the physical copy. And that was heavily needed, because every chapter was from a different character, and I had to constantly reference the "family tree" in the beginning to track how this person was related to the story. And I put family tree in quotes, because it includes coworkers and friends as well, which added to the confusion. Carly is the main recurring character, but there's not enough seen from her actual perspective to really connect with her.
I enjoyed the aspects of seeing how immigration challenged the different characters in different ways and how they managed to handle it, but it just felt too diluted with so many people.
I had a hard time getting through this book. At first, I thought it was the audiobook, so I switched to the physical copy. And that was heavily needed, because every chapter was from a different character, and I had to constantly reference the "family tree" in the beginning to track how this person was related to the story. And I put family tree in quotes, because it includes coworkers and friends as well, which added to the confusion. Carly is the main recurring character, but there's not enough seen from her actual perspective to really connect with her.
I enjoyed the aspects of seeing how immigration challenged the different characters in different ways and how they managed to handle it, but it just felt too diluted with so many people.