Reviews

Locas by Yxta Maya Murray

hazelpine's review against another edition

2.0

loved the authors style of writing - but i don't think this is a very memorable book. honestly, i read it for the supposed lezzie relationship in the girl gang, but there was hardly even a paragraph about it (and not even a hot one at that!)

beedubz's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A little piece of my heart broke at the end of this book. Something about Locas just clicked with me and I couldn't put it down. It's a fast paced book and a fair bit happens over a 17 year time frame but be honest I would have been even happier if the book had been twice as long and we got to know a few more of the other characters in more detail (as well as getting a lot more of the story because it almost goes just that bit too fast ya know?!). But nonetheless it was a great book to end the year with. Now in keeping with my current reading mood of gang related reads, I'm onto 'Always Running' by Luis J Rodriguez to start the new year with.