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A review by alina_the_banana
The Fall of Innocence by Jenny Torres Sanchez
5.0
I freaking loved this book.
It was different than the kinds of books I normally read, but I really really REALLY loved this one. It was beautifully written, deeply heartbreaking, and an honest depiction of the horrors of society.
It was gorgeous and haunting, and even though I had my doubts in the beginning, this book delivered. Great characters, horribly necessary message, important themes.
This book did not have a happy ending. No story should ever end like Emilia's, but so many do. And that's why this book is so important. Emilia never got that decisive, powerful win that we so like to hear about. So many people don't.
READ IT. NOW. That's all I have to say.
It was different than the kinds of books I normally read, but I really really REALLY loved this one. It was beautifully written, deeply heartbreaking, and an honest depiction of the horrors of society.
It was gorgeous and haunting, and even though I had my doubts in the beginning, this book delivered. Great characters, horribly necessary message, important themes.
Spoiler
The ending, I of, was one of the best and most devastating parts. Jenny Torres Sanchez puts it perfectly in her author's note at the end of the book:I was worried when I knew she wasn't going to be okay. I was worried I was writing a story without hope, that I was not providing a story we need in today's environment, stories that are a rallying cries of power, calls to action.
But I could not be untrue to Emilia, or to the depth of her pain and suffering. And I could not be untrue to you, the reader, or the the realities girls face in this world every day. I knew this book had to be honest about some ugly truths.
This book did not have a happy ending. No story should ever end like Emilia's, but so many do. And that's why this book is so important. Emilia never got that decisive, powerful win that we so like to hear about. So many people don't.
READ IT. NOW. That's all I have to say.