2023 book 11

 Xochitl Gonzalez's Olga Dies Dreaming

I didn’t /love/ this when I first read it, but I did think my book club would be into it, so here I am rereading. I still love all the complicated family dynamics and relationships, but do think the second half bogs down as the story becomes more focused on politics (which is weird, because I should find that compelling, but I just think it’s not written as engagingly, and I can’t tell how much is meant to be satirical). Plus I was dreading having to revisit one particular scene (a rape) and that sense of dread kind of permeated the whole rest of the book (the scene happens toward the end) which made for a less-than-pleasant reread.