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The Jaguar's Children
- De: John Vaillant
- Narrado por: Ozzie Rodriguez, David H. Lawrence XVII
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 65
Hector is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers' money for a mechanic and have not returned. Those left behind have no choice but to wait.
Hector finds a name in his friend Cesar's phone. AnniMac. A name with an American number. He must reach her, both for rescue and to pass along the message Cesar has come so far to deliver. But are his messages going through?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing Storytelling and Shocking
- De Carl en 02-29-16
- The Jaguar's Children
- De: John Vaillant
- Narrado por: Ozzie Rodriguez, David H. Lawrence XVII
Great novel, great narration
Revisado: 09-06-15
Where does The Jaguar's Children rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
The Jaguar's Children is one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to. It's a great book to listen to because it's written as a story being told aloud (and texted) to a stranger. Hector is a migrant trapped in a water truck somewhere in Arizona just across the border and he's asking for help and telling his story to an American contact in his friend's phone. It's a rich story about family, place and identity.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Hector talks a lot about his abuelo (grandfather), who was a man fiercely proud of his Zapotec heritage and who had some very colorful adventures in his many years. By the end of the book, I really felt like I knew Hector's abuelo the best and really liked him. He's a man who held his own in a street fight, who didn't believe in the Catholic Church and dressed up as a jaguar during Carnival before lent, who assisted an American archeologist, and who walked a very long way to woo Hector's abuela.
Have you listened to any of Ozzie Rodriguez and David H. Lawrence XVII ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Ozzie Rodriguez is a fantastic narrator. He's very expressive and does a great job drawing the listener in. I will definitely look for another book narrated by him.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
This is an intense book. It definitely made me both laugh and cry. I previously read The Tiger by John Vaillant and know that he doesn't pick light subject matter. This story has a startling premise, but the most intense moments aren't about what's going on inside the water truck, but are about what happened before and the hope the characters have for what's ahead of them.
Any additional comments?
Listen to this book! It's an excellent imagining of people we see and hear about all the time, but usually don't get their stories told. I've lived near the border for almost a decade and heard so much about human smuggling in brief news stories. It's sobering to listen to a far more more personal story about it.
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