The story takes place in Salvador, Peru. In Peru, Alonso and Rosa, two young lovers, have completley different backgrounds. Alonso is a cholo, or a dark haired, dark skinned peasant. Rosa, is a light skinned, light haired wealthy child. Despite, their love, they are seperated by Rosa's parents, because Alonso is a 'disgrace'. Everyday, Alonso and his father go to a prestigious hotel, where Rosa lives to clean the grafiti. But, when night fall comes, Rosa and Alonso secretly meet in an elevator.
The story intensifies when Alonso's mother is assassinated by a secret terrorist group. Even worse, the terrorists threaten to kill Alonso, if he does not join them. Inevitably, Alonso has no choice but to join. Fearing his safety, Rosa accompanies him to the group. Now, Rosa and Alonso have escaped their normal, safe lives. From now on, they will suffer constant risks and violence.
I enjoyed the book. It is good because it releases multiple feelings: sadness, anger, curiousity, etc. Also, I enjoy this book because I enjoy action. Rarely, the book lacks interest or energy. However, there are some graffic mature levels in the book which I do not recommend to everyone.
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I'm glad to see the book picked up. It looks like you missed a few weeks in there. When did you read "It's Not About the Bike"? I was looking for some blogs to see what you thought about it? Or did you say you read that last year? Happy blogging! -Ms. Bandman
ReplyDeleteDearest Jaret
ReplyDeleteI saw that you read an autobiography, I myself also enjoy biographies, I read many over the summer. It is cool how you can weave your interests such as soccer into independent reading. I think that autobiographies and other fiction can be interesting to all people whether they like reading or not. I am really into music, so I enjoy reading biographies of famous musicians, a few that I have read that I would strongly recommend are: Scar Tissue, The Biography of Pete Townshend and The Biography of John Lennon.
Good luck on blogging in the future.
--Daniel