Olga Dies Dreaming
Xóchitl González · 2022
A Puerto Rican wedding planner in Brooklyn contends with class, family, and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria with a sharp satirical eye. González's debut novel brings a previously underrepresented experience into the literary mainstream with real wit and heart.
The case against
González wants a rom-com, a family saga, and a seminar on Puerto Rican colonialism in one book, and the joins are visible. Blanca's revolutionary letters arrive like position papers, the politics gets explained rather than dramatized, and the ending resolves a decade of damage with suspicious speed. Sharp scenes, but the thesis keeps elbowing the novel aside.
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