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A review by mariugonza
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
4.0
When I saw the cover of this book and read the plot, I immediately knew this was a must on my life. And I’m not disappointed. The story is set in an interesting nation based on Quechua and Bolivian Traditions and politics. The characters are somewhat interesting (I’ll come back to this later) and the plot was amazing.
My problem comes from the characters themselves. Ximena is a regular character; your typical reckless YA main character. I like her arc through the book and the way she bonds with the others in el castillo, but she still fell bland (ngl I love yuca frita cuz who doesn’t, and with guasacaca uff amazing, but that ain’t no character trait). Rumi was kinda predictable but I actually liked him
he being El Lobo was kinda obvious in my opinion and I was expecting it, but it still surprised me to be honest.
Juan Carlos is as sweet as un quesillo o un dulce de leche. My boy deserved better :(
My problem was Atoc. I assumed he was supposed to be like Evo or even Maduro (enter here the necessary Maduro Coñoetumadre, always needed), but he felt more like a generic antagonist and abusive man, than a true, evil tyrant (and I kinda know what it’s like living under that system, I can tell)
Anyways great book, the author writes beautifully and the touch of using Spanglish was really nice. Even when Woven In Moonlight is Isabel Ibáñez’s debut novel, it has an astonishing quality to it, and made me want to learn about Bolivia (which I only know for the infamous memes of them having no ocean, the Incas, el Lamento Boliviano, and well the dictator himself, so close to the monsters and usurpers from Venezuela)
This book made me happy and I just want for the next one to come
My problem comes from the characters themselves. Ximena is a regular character; your typical reckless YA main character. I like her arc through the book and the way she bonds with the others in el castillo, but she still fell bland (ngl I love yuca frita cuz who doesn’t, and with guasacaca uff amazing, but that ain’t no character trait). Rumi was kinda predictable but I actually liked him
he being El Lobo was kinda obvious in my opinion and I was expecting it, but it still surprised me to be honest.
Juan Carlos is as sweet as un quesillo o un dulce de leche. My boy deserved better :(
My problem was Atoc. I assumed he was supposed to be like Evo or even Maduro (enter here the necessary Maduro Coñoetumadre, always needed), but he felt more like a generic antagonist and abusive man, than a true, evil tyrant (and I kinda know what it’s like living under that system, I can tell)
Anyways great book, the author writes beautifully and the touch of using Spanglish was really nice. Even when Woven In Moonlight is Isabel Ibáñez’s debut novel, it has an astonishing quality to it, and made me want to learn about Bolivia (which I only know for the infamous memes of them having no ocean, the Incas, el Lamento Boliviano, and well the dictator himself, so close to the monsters and usurpers from Venezuela)
This book made me happy and I just want for the next one to come