Karen S. Kungie-torres

Important, heartfelt book

Revisado: 04-20-25

I was brought to tears more times than I can count. This story is SO important, and so well researched. And as a child of the 70’s, it was also nostalgic, with the decade-accurate touches she added— music, fashion, books, and yes, the expensive long-distance phone bills. Thank you for this beautiful, moving story.

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So beautiful

Revisado: 03-25-25

One of those lovely, meandering stories with family at the center. Richly drawn characters beautifully narrated .

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So good.

Revisado: 03-25-25

Redemption seems like the right word for this book, but I’m not completely sure… Jim’s enslaved character redeemed as the black man James.

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Copy/Paste

Revisado: 02-14-25

Although I did get some good tidbits from the first few chapters of this book, much of it is copy/paste from other, well-known books already out there on the shelves.

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Wow…!!!

Revisado: 01-21-25

So easy to underestimate this book based on the title, but knowing bell hooks, you know you’re going to get a thoroughly researched and broad view of the subject. I’ve never had the patriarchy explained in these terms before. I appreciate this book so much.

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Confusing, and then predictable

Revisado: 11-11-24

The performance is good enough, and the concept is somewhat original, but beyond the frustratingly mysterious beginning in medias res, the story just got to be too predictable, and I couldn’t wait for it to end.

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Most important book of our time

Revisado: 08-10-24

What sticks with me most after reading this book is how the great rewiring has led to the epidemic of loneliness and the overall lack of connectedness and trust in society today. We will be our own undoing, unless we band together and solve this malady.

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F’ing awesome

Revisado: 06-11-24

As an unfulfilled linguist who went for a teaching credential instead of a linguistics degree, I found this book to be completely engaging and enlightening. For feminists, language nerds and the cultural curious, this book is a winner.

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Such a beautiful and important book

Revisado: 01-15-24

I was lucky to hear Mr. Tobar speak at the LA Library’s “Aloud” series and was motivated to get the book.
He is a beautiful writer, clearly gifted in both fiction and nonfiction, because his style in this book blends the two. He looks at culture and the immigrant experience on both a macro and a micro level— giving the reader much to think about, and even to act on in our daily lives here in Los Angeles.

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Adorable sorry.

Revisado: 12-23-23

I listened to it pretty quickly given its length. My only reason for not giving it a five is that, while this book tries to duplicate 19th-century vocabulary, and syntax, it doesn’t always succeed, which gives the characters a slightly modern feel.
Still, being someone who never outgrows stories of magic, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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