A review by valje
Desirada by Maryse Condé

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book surprised me.  My first time reading something by Maryse Conde.  Published in 1997, I found it difficult to get into at first and to get a feel for all the characters.  But the deeper meaning of the novel took me by surprise.  It didn't end the way I thought it might and it left me thinking deeply about the trauma of displacement that so many people have or had to suffer.