Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Start dicussion here for Norte by Edmundo Paz Soldán.

I was planning on reading this because it isn't easy to find authors from Bolivia. But I read the first chapter and it put me off the book right away. I don't want to read about rape, and here it is in chapter one. I will have to find another book for Bolivia.

Laurie wrote: "I was planning on reading this because it isn't easy to find authors from Bolivia. But I read the first chapter and it put me off the book right away. I don't want to read about rape, and here it i..."

Oh no Laurie, I'm sorry to hear that. I haven't found this book yet, but thanks for the warning. For another book club, we picked "The Mountain that Eats Men" for our Bolivia end of this year.

Missy J wrote: "Laurie wrote: "I was planning on reading this because it isn't easy to find authors from Bolivia. But I read the first chapter and it put me off the book right away. I don't want to read about rape..."

Thanks for the suggestion, Missy. I think I am going to read Our Dead World by Liliana Colanzi.

I don't want to discourage others from reading Norte. We all have triggers in books that bother us that don't bother others which is one of the great things about the huge variety of books out there.