A review by ranchel
Norte: A Novel by Edmundo Paz Soldán

5.0

I checked Norte out from the library based entirely on the cover and book title. They caught my eye and intrigued me so much that I didn't even read the synopsis before starting the story, and I'm glad I went that route. The first few chapters are shocking, though really no more so than the rest of the book, and the story as a whole is kind of confusing right up until the end. That's not to say that Edmundo Paz Soldan has written a story that could easily be summed up or tied together in a few pages. It's more that everything is woven together so neatly, but still a little chaotically, and you end up so enmeshed in the characters' stories that it's hard to see the events and themes that connect them all. If you struggle to get through the first three parts of the book as I did (really, I was so confused and had a hard time seeing each character as anything other than one-dimensional), please keep reading. This book is worth your time.