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Of course the child is gifted.

Now we’re travelling across Mexico and nothing is happening

Read for a book club.

So far I’ve gone from interesting to nah not for me in the first 6 chapters. First off what’s the narrator’s perspective? It’s obviously not first person but it’s written as if it is. The child is ascribed complex thoughts, rationale and emotions that a child wouldn’t have. The sprinkling of Spanish to set it in its setting…is just weird. Some of the phrasing is also clunky as.