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A review by maida
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
4.0
“Hello, my name is Elena Maria Mendoza, and I’ve come to end the world.”
3.5
Damn that was an experience to say the least. We are the ants is my favorite book of all time so I was so excited for this one and I left a little… disappointed?
I think the story was going great until the Henry cameo. Yes, I love him and I was so excited to see him again but it completely pulled me out of the story. It made me think so much about how I love those characters and not the ones from this book.
To be honest, I didn’t really like any of the characters besides Elena. Javi was funny but also an asshole, Fadil was just your average YA male best friend, Freddie had her ups and downs throughout the novel which made it kinda difficult to sympathize with her and all of the other characters are so one dimensional that it’s not even worth mentioning them.
Thinking about it, I’m not really sure if I even like Elena. Or if I like her because her identities mirror mine. We’re both bisexual and from Latino descent, which I was so excited to finally see on a book! And her relationship with her mom is so similar to my moms and me soooo… yay for representation, I guess?
I did love the ending though. Elena’s speech was great and it made me so proud?????
Overall, it was a very thought provoking read, as with all of Shaun David Hutchinson’s books, but also kind of average compared to his other work. Still really enjoyable though.
52. A book published in 2018
3.5
Damn that was an experience to say the least. We are the ants is my favorite book of all time so I was so excited for this one and I left a little… disappointed?
I think the story was going great until the Henry cameo. Yes, I love him and I was so excited to see him again but it completely pulled me out of the story. It made me think so much about how I love those characters and not the ones from this book.
To be honest, I didn’t really like any of the characters besides Elena. Javi was funny but also an asshole, Fadil was just your average YA male best friend, Freddie had her ups and downs throughout the novel which made it kinda difficult to sympathize with her and all of the other characters are so one dimensional that it’s not even worth mentioning them.
Thinking about it, I’m not really sure if I even like Elena. Or if I like her because her identities mirror mine. We’re both bisexual and from Latino descent, which I was so excited to finally see on a book! And her relationship with her mom is so similar to my moms and me soooo… yay for representation, I guess?
I did love the ending though. Elena’s speech was great and it made me so proud?????
Overall, it was a very thought provoking read, as with all of Shaun David Hutchinson’s books, but also kind of average compared to his other work. Still really enjoyable though.
52. A book published in 2018